News Details

Lack of preparation hurt Renault - Abiteboul

– Renault chief Cyril Abiteboul reckons the team's prospects at the Australian Grand Prix were hindered by a lack of preparation, in comparison to its midfield opponents.Renault completed fewer laps than only Toro Rosso and McLaren across pre-season testing, while Jolyon Palmer's lost track time during practice at Albert Park due to a crash.Nico Hülkenberg finished the opening round in 11th place, just a second shy of Force India's Esteban Ocon, while Palmer failed to reach the chequered flag due to a brake problem.Abiteboul acknowledged that Renault had not been as slick as its rivals and emphasised that it must improve in an array of different departments."This first Grand...
Full Story »
8y ago from GPUpdate.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Abiteboul: Renault's ERS problem fixed

Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul does not expect to see ERS...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Renault's Australian GP preview

Cyril Abiteboul: Renault Sport Formula One Team heads to the start of the...
8y ago from Pitpass.com

Lessons learned for underprepared Renault

Outside the points in Melbourne, Renault MD Cyril Abiteboul concedes the...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Renault's Cyril Abiteboul: 'Our race result highlights...

Managing Director of Renault Sport Formula 1 Team, Cyril Abiteboul is...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal eyeing up a move for 20-year-old...

Arsenal are interested in signing Club Brugge midfielder Aleksandar...
34m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Years after snubbing transfer to Liverpool and...

German footballer Julian Draxler has opened up on his failed move to...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Manchester United and Arsenal step up interest in...

Manchester United and Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Belgian...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

‘A quick learner’: how Declan Rice went from...

fielder will be part of the conversation for a Ballon d’Or if he...
5h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Through one lens: Twelve photographs from the 2025 F1 season

From Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, Formula 1 moved fast... Read More »
34m ago from F1i.com

What was the best F1 grand prix of 2025?

It was a memorable 2025 of grand prix racing but... Read More »
2h ago from RacingNews365.com

F1 top 10 drivers of 2025 - Part 2

The RacingNews365 writing team concludes its look... Read More »
1h ago from RacingNews365.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.