Renault only in collaboration with Illmor
Renault has denied claims that it is looking to bolster its ranks with former engine builder Mario Illien, owner of Illmor Engineering. The German Auto Motor und Sport reported over the weekend that the Swiss, who used to make the engines with which, among others, the McLaren team won two world championships, signed a contract with Renault, which he was supposed to help out of the crisis in which they sank in the era of six-cylinder turbo engines. But Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul denied this and explained the link: "It's not true. We only talked to his company as we are thinking of buying parts from him for our engines. An engine is made up of many elements that we don't manufacture We are still negotiating, but we haven't decided yet if Ilm
