was It “extremely frustrating,” says Marcin Budkowski, that Renault have to accept again have a technical failure. And what from the point of view of the French-British factory teams is much worse: First findings indicate that it is tripped at Renault, two Times exactly the same error. The have an analysis.
Only Daniel Ricciardo at the Austria Grand Prix was down with a broken cooling, now it caught his team-mate Esteban Ocon in Styria-Grand-Prix. And as a cause not to call a component, the Renault produce themselves, such as Budkowski explains in an interview with ‘motorsport-total.com’.
seam to be more Precise: A “welding on the radiator” have caused the two failures of the Renault cars. However, the error is search as a persistent Problem: “We had checked the seams [in advance] all the sweat, but no errors found. Nevertheless, we had the exact same Problem.”
Renault puzzled more
this is Why Renault is in front of a puzzle, because in Austria the used radiator had also been already used in the pre-season test in Barcelona. “Without problems”, such as Budkowski says. A re-analysis of the team’s headquarters in Enstone in the UK, an indication of exactly where the Defect occurs.
A simple replacement of the concerned component was not possible, says Budkowski: “so, We need to look at how we, the current fix.” Probably you’ll have to reinforce all the welds. “Beautiful is] not, but hopefully good enough for the [next] race [in Hungary. And then we look for something more Robust for the future.”
This is also urgently necessary, because, according to the words of Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul such a “lack of reliability in such a tight box is not acceptable”. Especially as the Team have operated between the races and a lot of effort to get the errors on the track to make but without significant progress.
Also, the car’s performance doesn’t fit
That Ocon had suffered a cooling system defect, was “much more painful” for Renault, it is precisely because the Problem had already been known, says Abiteboul more. “Disappointment” is, therefore, the predominant Emotion in the team. “Although we had been after Qualifying, even very good things,” said the team boss.
Renault was in Qualifying for the second formula 1 race of the season in Spielberg with both cars in the Top 10 hazards. “First of all, Esteban was performed in extreme conditions, a good performance and his outstanding abilities proven,” said Abiteboul. The fifth starting position, but nothing helped: In the race circuit for Ocon after only 25 laps. Only Ricciardo came to the finish, in Eighth.
Also, this balance weighs heavily for Abiteboul. Because not only the reliability of the Renault, a leg, the overall performance was unsatisfactory. “The race has shown that We need a bit more Pace in comparison to the direct competition,” says the team boss. Renault is currently at the most as a fifth or sixth power of ten Teams.
This article was written by Stefan Ehlen, Co-author: Adam Cooper
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