Boullier: “Petrov fulfilled his role”

Renault, in Germany, did not shine but was able to bring his two cars into the points. Without being able to compete with Red Bull, McLaren ou Ferrari, the team ofenstone was able to compete with Mercedes, according to what Eric Boullier imagined at the start of the weekend. The main Renault team F1, even if he would have liked to come away with more points, is happy with Hockenheim?s record.

« It?s partly a satisfaction, he tells us. Having two cars in the points is what we hoped for. At the same time, it is a weekend in which we expected to be 4th or 5th team and to fight with Mercedes. And the race proved to us that we were on target. We are still missing developments like this famous F-duct, which were clearly a gain here. Because, with two or three straight lines, there was clearly something to gain. It will arrive soon. » Indeed, as AUTOhebdo.fr revealed to you last Thursday, this element will be introduced on the R30 at Spa-Francorchamps at the end of August.

Beyond the overall result of the team, Renault is especially satisfied with the work provided by Vitaly Petrov. Placed in the hot seat in recent weeks, the Russian had a solid race and finished tenth, just behind Michael Schumacher. " Vitaly had a superb race. There is nothing to say, he fulfilled his role. He's even faster than Robert. In any case, the messages I tried to convey to him, the discussions we had and the pressure we put on him, it seems to have paid off because he did exactly what was expected of him. him »