France factory team has been struggling with the diversity of their racing weekends. "To some extent, the scenario is the same every week,”So the head of the Renault team Cyril Abiteboul. "Poor qualifications, which can then be turned for the better in a race with an aggressive strategy and solid performance."It simply came to our notice then. Renault started the race outside the top ten, but they had the advantage free choice of tires. "The racers did a great job, the best of Saturday’s qualifying circumstances. And then they kept the tires alive for a long time in the race,”So Abiteboul.
They are back to their racers on Saturday embittered life. Renault found out impurities in the cooling system and thus to both racers disabled performance on the third free practice. “Circumstances have often tried to throw us to the ground this year,He says Daniel Ricciardo. Finally, they had to face disqualification at the Japan Grand Prix race, before that termination of cooperation with McLarn, and finally reheat rumors of a possible departure Renault from Formula 1.
"It affects us, it affects me too, which we could also see,He admits Australian and in doing so, he links to a video that he shows in anger when he shouts. "Fuck!". "Cyril has been going through tough times since Japan and there have been some changes at Renault as well. However, I think this weekend here in Mexico has been very strong. We are pushed against the wall, but this shows our character."
The race went on Ricciard fairly smooth. Just like at Suzuki, he also wanted to start in Mexico with a hard rubber compound, because in Japan this worked well. “The intention was to be able to attack towards the end of the race. I knew it was going to be hard at first, but the hard rubber was very good. ” And this was confirmed later. Towards the end of the race, s Perez, who was on the hard mix, fought for eighth place. “I didn't have a big advantage over him,He thought Ricciardo, who was at medium mixture tires.
When it's risked another attack, however, made a braking error and slipped off the track on the grass. “I knew his braking point, he was very strong here. Because of this, I had to brake a little later. I hadn’t been with him yet, but I knew it was going to be very close.”However, he did not regret his attack. “I'd rather try than do nothing. I rated my options at 50:50, which made it worth a try. In the end, the chances were earlier at 30/70," Ends Ricciardo.
