Tuesday in Barcelona, which marked the resumption of winter testing, was punctuated by two battery problems at Red Bull et McLaren, both powered by the V6 turbo/hybrid Power Unit Renault.
Si Max Verstappen did not suffer too much from this incident, McLaren lost a good part of its morning following this problem, before also experiencing a hydraulic leak in the afternoon. However, and on a speech close to that of Eric Boullier, competition director of McLaren Racing, Renault is not worried about these disappointments.
“The problems encountered are not at all related to the installation of the battery, insists Bob Bell, technical director of Renault. The official team hasn't had any problems, but what we're doing before Melbourne is we're trying to get all the battery systems working to make sure all the stock that's going to race is performing well.
That's why we test them here. We rotate them around customer teams and in our cars to ensure they are all tested before Melbourne. It is therefore not uncommon to find problems. »
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