The teams opposed to the arrival of an FIA head at Renault

Renault Sport F1 Team could soon benefit from the recruitment of Marcin Budkowski. The director of the FIA ​​technical department who left his post this week is likely to join the Losange and would provide valuable information for the team.enstone after having worked in particular on the regulations of the discipline.

“We will have a big problem with this if it is done with another team, declared the Team Principal of Red Bull Racing Christian Horner at a press conference in the Malaysian GP paddock. We place a lot of trust in these people. Due to his position, Marcin had a very privileged position. In particular, he followed the wind tunnel tests for next year's cars. »

“The three-month green light period is completely inappropriate. I hope this is not the case and I am sure it will be discussed at the next strategy group meeting. It's a vital role and teams need to have the confidence in the management to be able to discuss the technical side and its secrets which cost millions and millions of pounds, without fear of this information getting to another team.", added Christian Horner.

The Red Bull Racing director has found support with his counterparts at Sauber F1 Team and Force India, Frédéric Vasseur and Otmar Szafnauer.

“We should already know where Marcin will go but I agree with Christian. This is a big problem because the FIA ​​is aware of all the teams' projects and the situation will become complicated if we cannot work in total transparency. A year (of exclusion) would be within the logic of the regulation, but the three-month period is really short.", commented Frédéric Vasseur.

“We might not have revealed everything (to the FIA) if we had known that the greening period would only be three months, added Otmar Szafnauer. This must be enough so that the technologies he knows exist are no longer kept secret. Other rules of the sporting regulations prohibit us from selling single-seaters from the current season for exactly the same reasons. The cars that we can have available must be at least one year old. »

If the period of three months of sidelining and the recruitment of Marcin Budkowski by Renault are confirmed, the former director of the FIA ​​technical department could offer his services to Losange from the start of 2018.