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Renault prepared to double Budkowski's gardening leave

Renault F1's managing director Cyril Abiteboul has said that the team is prepared to double the amount of time that Marcin Budkowski is on gardening leave before he joins them in 2018. The FIA's former Formula 1 technical chief resigned from his post last week. Renault confirmed today that the 40-year-old Polish-born aerodynamicist would be joining them as executive director next season. However, other teams are unhappy that someone with Budkowski's inside knowledge of research and development across the sport is joining a competitor. Officially there is just a three-month cooling-off period, which would see him start at Enstone in January. Aware of the concerns, Renault has offered to...
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