32 years ago, Boutsen crushed the competition in Hungary

Let's not hide it, before this victory for Thierry Boutsen, the marriage Williams/Renault had just gone through a delicate, difficult period. And disappointment still marked the faces of both partners. However, the couple has not experienced the slightest quarrel and their life together – even though they live in two apartments very far from each other – not the slightest outburst of voice. It prevents. A few hours before Boutsen's superb race, Bernard Dudot, Renault's technical director, shared his remarks with us. “It’s true, we are disappointed,” he admitted bluntly. We got into the swing of things very quickly at the start of the season, from Phoenix to Imola. Good reliability in the USA, good performances in Brazil and clear confirmation with Patrese's victory in Italy. Then we sank a bit... I was keen to do something good in Monaco having always missed out there but the very extensive preparation we did for this event proved ineffective. In fact, electronic issues are today so efficient, sensitive and delicate to handle that we can no longer extrapolate on one circuit (in this case Croix en Ternois) the solutions envisaged for another! From Monaco, the slump continued. Montreal, with this poker move of the rules