Renault competitive in Türkiye?

Robert Kubica is currently ranked sixth in the championship with the same number of points as Lewis Hamilton (McLaren). These good results at the start of the season are surprising given the performance of last year's car which had a disastrous season. “ I'm still surprised to have scored so many points, but it shows how good a job we are doing as a team. ", says Kubica. Eric Boullier, director of Renault F1, was therefore able to correctly reorient the team and bring it back to the level of the best.

But if the Polish driver has achieved two podiums at the start of the season (Melbourne and Monaco), it is above all thanks to good driving. His teammate Vitaly Petrov, who is also taking his first steps in F1 this season, only scored six points (Shangai). The other teams are not mistaken since Kubica would be of particular interest to the Team Ferrari. The Pole therefore approaches the Istanbul Grand Prix with confidence but knows how to keep a cool head.

Indeed, the Pole remains modest about the performances achievable with the R30. “ Monaco was our best performance of the season but it is important not to be too optimistic because I think it will be difficult to maintain the same pace this weekend “, declared the Renault driver. “ However, I believe we can be competitive in Turkey because it is a circuit that has similar characteristics to Barcelona, ​​where the performance of the car was good. I also hope that the new features we will have for this race will help us to progress further and qualify a little better than in Barcelona. ».

When Alonso was still driving for Renault F1 last year, the Spaniard failed to achieve better than tenth place in Istanbul. In any case, the Renaults will not have any major difficulties this weekend to achieve a better result.