24 Feb 2015

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<strong>SCRATCHING HEADS: </strong> Daniel Ricciardo drives his Red Bull during testing in Spain. <em>Image: AP / Manu Fernandez. </em>
<strong>SCRATCHING HEADS: </strong> Daniel Ricciardo drives his Red Bull during testing in Spain. <em>Image: AP / Manu Fernandez. </em>

BERLIN, Germany - Renault has made progress but not enough to topple dominant Mercedes.

That is the admission of Red Bull chiefs Christian Horner and advisor Helmut Marko, although they are confident works supplier Renault is on track with a better engine for 2015.

It has now been tested at Jerez and Barcelona and lead driver Daniel Ricciardo revealed last week the 2016 power unit "definitely has some more ponies".

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