Drivers: Robert Kubica (11), Vitaly Petrov (12) Team: Eric Boullier (TP), Bob Bell (MD), Rob White (Deputy managing director - engine), James Allison (TD), Tim Densham (CD), Dirk De Beer (HA), Alan Parmane (Chief Race Engineer)
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Fantastic develpment pace by Renault, with every upgrade they brought this year they gained performance. Desperate to see where they will be in Singapore. For sure they will be on of the top teams next year.
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As far as Renault's pace at Singapore concerned I'm so optimistic. In 2008 with an averege car they won there (Of course everybody knows what Piquet have done, but Alonso was very quick at Qual until his car broke down). In 2009 with not a car - with rubish - they've scored third place. I belive they will be on podium this time!
Go Robert!
It's impressive how many front wing updates in particular they've been able to have. It's not a question of resources but having a very good understanding as to what the car is doing and what they can change.
yes they have done a lot with the wings .
But fact is they have not really overtaken Mercedes performance wise and as it looks it will stay a close fight till the end with old man making the difference if Petrov not manages to pull a hungary like performance out of the hat....
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Morteza AMG wrote:Fantastic develpment pace by Renault, with every upgrade they brought this year they gained performance. Desperate to see where they will be in Singapore. For sure they will be on of the top teams next year.
I can remember at least once they've not used a new piece because there was no tangible gain. There was a floor in either china or Malaysia that didn't work. But, they have kept pace with top teams, if they could just close the gap now.
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“To be able to actually make something is awfully nice”
Bruce McLaren on building his first McLaren racecars, 1970
“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
Sir Frank Williams after the 2003 Canadian GP, where Ralf hesitated to pass brother M. Schumacher
mith wrote:They've modified it and started using since later race.
The point is no team gets every single upgrade perfect first time out.
“To be able to actually make something is awfully nice”
Bruce McLaren on building his first McLaren racecars, 1970
“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
Sir Frank Williams after the 2003 Canadian GP, where Ralf hesitated to pass brother M. Schumacher
mith wrote:They've modified it and started using since later race.
The point is no team gets every single upgrade perfect first time out.
Oh, I can agree with that. But I think, it's impossible to have your updates working every time out of the box. What impresses me is that they're able to come with some updates for almost every race.
Not same front wing man. If you see Canadian front wing you see another diagonal element. Sorry if I'm wrong expressing. But, this is low downforce wing. I think this car has so much downforce, that you need the front wing with a low downforce for straight's. If you have noticed the car perfectly suits in the slow track's type Monaco. with this wing, got the speed on straight's, now it all depends whether they use the F-duct.