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Jennie Gow ‏@JennieGow 1m
Renault and Red Bull summit meeting here in Bahrain. #F1. pic.twitter.com/iqPn4Skec7

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I imagine the Renault guy just has a picture of the Caterham and Lotus, pointing at its cooling, telling Red Bull it needs some of that to work......







Meanwhile, we have both Ferrari and Mercedes power into the 40+ lap count.



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Autosport said:
10:22 It's not entirely plain-sailing for current pacesetter McLaren, though.

Our snappers spotted this bit of scorched bodywork at the rear of Magnussen's car when it returned to the pits.
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Caterham close to joining the 40+ club





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sky said:
The shutters are going up at Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel is getting into the RB10. The car is being fired up and the team's first appearance of the day appears to be imminent...
but according to AmuS, Horner and Marko are still talking to Renault boss Jalinier.
 
Finally the RB10 leaves the garage, but how long until it overheats?

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That's really fickle if true. Give up before the game has started

Tbh no different with Vodafone jumping ship to McLaren when Schumacher was close to retire and Ferrari struggling, they'll jump at the next big thing at a drop of a hat.

But it seems Red Bull are really thinking of ditching Renault once and for all which is why Infiniti will leave RBR as they're with Renault commercially.