Rob White says more issues encountered at the final test
in Bahrain leaves a lot for Renault still to do and says "Melbourne will
be an anxious weekend!"
Renault's “Melbourne preparations are incomplete” as a
result of problems encountered at the final test.
Despite hopes of further progress, Renault-powered cars
finished pre-season with less than half the mileage of Mercedes, with Lotus
only managing limited running on each day of the final test and Red Bull even
experiencing a day when it failed to complete a lap. Renault's deputy managing
director (technical) Rob White said the engine manufacturer had set some ambitious
targets but failed to get everything it wanted to done before Melbourne.
“The aim of the last test session before Australia was to
recover some of the lost ground from the previous test sessions and to rehearse
the grand prix,” White said. “We wanted each of our four teams to be able to
approach a normal race weekend without having to improvise any of the
procedures or operations needed.
“We can't escape the fact that we did not complete the
entire programme with all the teams and that some Melbourne preparations are
incomplete. On the up-side, we have done some of everything, with simulations
of qualifying sessions, starts, race distances and long stints and it is fair
to say that once again we have made some real progress.
”We have cured or found workarounds for some of the
problems we had previously identified. New problems revealed as we ran more
have added to the unsolved items, and have disrupted running, which is
disappointing for our teams.”
And White acknowledged that the result of the low testing
mileage means Renault doesn't expect all of its teams to be able to run
smoothly at the first race.
“Melbourne will be an anxious weekend! Conducting a
normal race weekend, in which both cars run well during each session for every
team, would be a great relief. I hope we can support our teams and drivers to
explore the performance of the car and allow the race to deliver its sporting
verdict.”
Culled from Crash
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