Renault is at that time very far removed from the victories in Formulas 1not to mention the fight for the title. In doing so, however, it is original five-year plan French anticipated that it could already be in season 2020 fought for the title. They issued this goal when they are at the end of the year 2015 took over the then team Lotus and be v Formulas 1 returned with their own factory team.
"We said five years since 2015," confirm Cyril Abiteboul, team boss Renault, in the September issue of the magazine F1 Racing. At the same time, he also admits that the bills made a small mistake. “Sounds like an excuse, but we didn't think that the decision to take over the team would be made until December 2015," so French and describe the background: "In the summer of 2015, we could start making a new car for the 2016 season, but that didn’t happen. We had to use an old race car."
Because the takeover Lotus dragged on until December, the French had to v season 2016 to perform with a race car handed to them by the previous team and made with very limited financial resources. That's right in 2016 scored just eight points and finished the season in ninth place. For Renault it was a quasi-lost year, which has now emerged from the original five-year plan six years old, so Abiteboul. As a result, they could only fight for the title for years 2021 and no 2020. However, judging by the current situation, they also v season 2021 does not say exactly good.
Because Renault went to this year 's summer break as the sixth, but in fact they wanted to in season 2019 prevail among midfield teams. Still Abiteboul emphasizes: "I continue to stand behind the plan. However, I have to accept that the intermediate steps were harder than we expected."It simply came to our notice then Formulas 1 - loves money. "We wanted to spend 15 percent less than Mercedes,”Issued the Frenchman. According to estimates French teams we should fight for the title despite this deficit. “But here we are talking about Mercedes in 2015. If we look at what they are consuming today, then we are 30 or 40 percent behind them earlier. And we underestimated that."
According to Abiteboul so silver arrows have strengthened their budget fairly in recent years. Because Renault does not want to invest so much, they will have to wait budget ceiling, to be introduced from in 2021 forward. This could help them at least a little in not resetting their goals.
