Renault to keep working over Christmas
Staff at Renault's works F1 team will work throughout the Christmas and New Year period.
That is the news from Cyril Abiteboul, the French works team's boss.
Renault reached its goal of finishing behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in 2018, but team officials were disappointed they did not more significantly close the actual performance gap.
Therefore, the team will be working hard this holidays.
"We want to give ourselves the maximum chance of having a car and engine that is up to expectations in the winter tests," Abiteboul told France's Auto Hebdo.
"It remains the essential period to determine the basis of what we will have next season, so we are working every day. Everyone has decided that voluntarily," he added.
2 F1 Fan comments on “Renault to keep working over Christmas”
💬 Join the conversation — see the latest comments from F1 fans →
It is great to see Renault very determined. It is even more interesting that the competing team Hass and Force point are as much determined. I think the gap between leading teams and the rest will be smaller in2019. Also, the gap in between the leading teams themselves will diminish and might even reverse. Renault is the team which has the best potentials to improve. Being aware of their engine problem and working on it, And it has tow suburb drivers. They are left with chassis if they improve on it, interesting result might be awaited
Renault are cautiously optimistic for next season. Word is the new engine for 2019 has significantly more power than the 2018 PU. A lot will come down to how much they improve the chassis - if they get that right, they may be a lot closer to the front than many expect.