Daniel Ricciardo he will say goodbye to the team at the end of the season Renault and played for the team in the future McLaren. The French team must now look for a replacement, but, as they point out, they will not rush.
Many names have been associated with this vacant seat, including Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettl and Renault’s young racers Christian Lundgaard. But perhaps the most interesting candidate is Fernando Alonso, which could start its third cooperation with the French producer. Sleep is a two-time world champion, both titles - in years 2005 in 2006 - but he won right with Renault. Then it took years 2007 eliminated k McLarn, but only after one year did he return back to Renault, but this time with less success.
The Spaniard did after the end of the season 2018 said goodbye to Formula 1, but it seems that the door is open for a return to the Renault team. Abiteboul is to the question of whether Alonso summer option 2021, replied: “That could be a lot of racers. There will be quite a few good racers available next year. Alonso is also an option. The only thing I can say for sure is that we will take time to think. Last but not least, it is a very important decision."
Abiteboul continues: “We did not want to interfere in such activism as Ferrari and McLaren had arranged for their own reasons. Honestly, the decision for a certain racer, when the season hasn’t even started yet, is a bit unusual in my opinion. The choice of racer is the last part of the puzzle of our reconstruction. That is why it is very important that we take our time and make the right decision." French manufacturer a major renovation of the company awaits. Despite redundancies (15.000!) and bulky savings package, decided to stay in Formulas 1.
