Bojan Vrbnjak
In fact, the factory team wanted it Renault this year to reduce the gap by the big three and anchor not fourth place in the design scale. Instead, it’s a team Cyril Abiteboul after twelve races of the season in sixth place with 39 points - 43 points behind the fourth place he occupies McLaren.
These are especially severe for Daniel Ricciard, as the 30-year-old Australian left the team after last season Red Bull Racing, which is with motors Honda showed great performances this year. He knows that too Jolyon Palmer, a former racer Formula 1 and teams Renault, which is in his column on with the BBC listed the winners and losers of the first part of the season. The team Renault and especially Daniel Ricciardo belongs here to another group.
"Renault and especially Daniel RIcciardo have experienced some horror this year. After the team has steadily made progress since returning to Formula 1, they have more than obviously taken a step back this year. And this despite the fact that they brought a racer capable of winning to the team with Daniel Ricciard,”So Palmer.
Za Australian is the current state Renault a really bitter pill, Palmer is convinced of that: “I believe it feels very humiliating when you see it Red Bull now stronger than in all the years when Ricciardo was still a member of them. And Renault has taken that step back this season. And this is most reflected in the fact that Ricciardo has only scored points once in the last five races."
Palmer also touches on his team-mate: “For Nico Hülkenberg, too, the first part of the season went badly, if not worse. They may have taken a step forward with the engine, but reliability remains their Achilles heel. The four resignations only go at the expense of engine problems. The car is too slow overall and as a result, the team slipped to sixth place."
Palmer Ends: "If Renault does not take a significant step forward in the upcoming races, then the team bosses will have to look much more at the Alfa Romeo team than at the goal set before the season, ie fourth place and to reduce the gap behind the top three."
