Renault will be one of a kind in 2021 as the only power unit manufacturer in Formula 1 without a customer beyond their works outfit – but the French manufacturer’s chief Cyril Abiteboul sees that as a positive rather than a negative…

Last month, McLaren announced they would be parting ways with Renault at the end of next season and will instead run Mercedes power for the first time since 2014. They will join Mercedes, Williams and Racing Point in running the engines.

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Ferrari will supply their works team as well as Alfa Romeo and Haas while Red Bull and Toro Rosso will have Honda PUs, meaning Renault will only supply their works outfit.

“For next year there is no impact because the engine for next year is done, it’s on the dyno already,” said Abiteboul. “It’s a long lead-time development, so nothing is going to impact what we are doing for 2020.