Renault gains expected to be biggest ever
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Renault believe the progress they expect from their 2019 Formula 1 car and engine is the most they have ever made.
It has been a winter of change for Renault with Daniel Ricciardo arriving from Red Bull and the team feel they have made huge gains over the offseason as they bid to improve on their fourth-place finish.
The team’s managing director Cyril Abiteboul says he does not expect the growth to slow down either which could be cause for concern for the current big three.
"What I see is an acceleration everywhere," Abiteboul told Autosport.
"The gains that we will be making on the engine are much bigger than we have ever done in a winter - much bigger - and the gains that we are currently doing in the wind tunnel are much bigger than we have ever done."
Renault have been investing and restructuring their Enstone base and they are starting to see the results of it.
"The car we have been operating [in 2018] is more or less a representation of where the team was 18 months ago," Abiteboul added.
"There will be one or two generations of people who will have passed with the next generation of car that we will see next year, and that is frankly is why I am excited.”