Renault says they are working hard to close the gap to the top three and believe that they have the means of doing so. The French outfit believe they could close the gap to the top by 2020 and are halfway through their planned progression.
Renault technical director Bob Bell says the team are disappointed with where they find themselves in 2018 and the size of the gap to the top three teams. Bell, however, says that the team are expecting to close the gap and have a good chance of doing so.
“We didn’t do a good enough job. We weren’t as smart as they were over the winter in designing and developing the car. We are still growing, we are still developing, we are still getting our methodologies right and we are still recruiting people and building facilities.
“I don’t want to keep singing that song as an excuse but we are not quite as mature as the top three teams are and they have still got the edge when it comes to building a new car.”
“I don’t know if we could halve the gap but I think there is a reasonable chance we can start to close it because there is a law of diminishing returns because and they are going at that and we do have an easier path to finding benefits than they do.”
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