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Renault Frustrated Over Lack of Recognition After Beating Ferrari, Mercedes in F1

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Renault boss Carlos Tavares says the French company is frustrated for not getting enough recognition for its F1 success along with Red Bull Racing the past three years.
"We are frustrated by the lack of recognition we get for beating the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes. It is true that I think we deserve better. But part of that problem at least must lie with our global marketing team.

It is clear that we must create a bigger buzz around what we do. We are world champions, we are able to sell our engines to the teams because of that, but we do not get enough recognition beyond that," Tavares said, according to Autocar.

Renault is providing their RS27-2013 engines to four teams in this season's Formula One championship: Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Lotus F1, Williams and Caterham.

Red Bull has won their last three consecutive F1 Constructors' Championships using Renault powerplants. We have to agree with the French...
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