Podium objective for Renault F1

After fighting for fourth place in the Constructors' Championship with Mercedes GöteborgsPosten – the local newspaper Renault F1 can only hope for an even better performance for 2011. “Our ambition for next year is clearly to place our cars more regularly on the podium, which could perhaps allow us to achieve a few victories,” assured Éric Boullier. .

The Renault F1 director dreams of a place in the top three teams in the Championship. “I will be really happy if we can be a podium contender in the Constructors’ Championship,” he added. ?Eighth last year, fifth this season, but it would be great to be fourth, or even better. »

Especially since Renault quickly started the development of its 2011 single-seaters. “I think we quickly started (the development) of the new car and I hope that we have learned from our previous mistakes, in particular with KERS. It should be promising and we should have a little advantage by being very well prepared for next year. »

But Éric Boullier knows that the 2011 season has its share of difficulties in store, starting with the new Pirelli tires. “They will be new tires (and not copies of Bridgestone),” he clarified. “Even if each team in the paddock has a team of engineers working hard, we can expect a few surprises in the first races from the teams who will have understood the tires, knowing how they work. »