Renault details the developments of its RS 18 for Baku

The team Renault could she aim for her first top 5 of the year on the Baku urban track this weekend? After having placed at least one of its cars in the points in each race since the start of Melbourne in Australia, the French team wishes to launch "its next phase of attack" as underlined Cyril Abiteboul, director of Renault Sport Racing.

On the program this weekend in Azerbaijan, a first phase of aero developments on the RS 18 of Nico Hulkenberg et Carlos Sainz. “We are going to introduce changes to the chassis with specific work on the wings and sidepods, then we will do the same on the engine in Barcelona, specifies Abiteboul.

We are hopeful that the combination of these new features can not only allow us to maintain our level of performance, while also starting to close the gap with the leaders. We need to stay focused to make every single aspect work as planned. »

The French manager believes that Renault Sport F1 Team points directly behind the three leading teams which are Ferrari, Mercedes et Red Bull, taking into account all components of the team.

For Abiteboul, the latest results validated the work of the different teams from Viry and enstone. “In China we achieved the same result as a week before in Bahrain. However, the prevailing feeling was positive and had nothing to do with luck. »