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Red Bull are known to pack the engine in tight for aero etc. That has affected reliability. I don't think STR pack it as tight. You can't call them reliable, test bed or not.
I think RB might be in for a world of pain due to this. From memory, STR didn't have many reliability issues when they ran the Renault and they weren't massively behind RBR in terms of pace. Look how far back and unreliable they are now.
The Renault doesn't seem to break down much in the Renault.
Honda may come good, or they might get jack of it and the potential bad mouthing from RBR. They were over the bad mouthing from McLaren who claimed to have the best chassis on the grid. A repeat of the slanging match might force them to either create a factory car, or focus on hybrid/electric and bid farewell to F1.
Time will tell. Who knows.
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