Korea Day 1: Renault report
Oct.22 (Renault) Team and drivers reflect on the first day of the Korean Grand Prix weekend. Robert Kubica, R30-05 At the beginning of the day the track was very slippery, just as we expected for new tarmac where nobody has run before. The track evolution was big and the track was getting better with each [...]
Kubica: Very difficult to predict this weekend
Oct.18 (Renault) There are five contenders slugging it out for the 2010 Formula 1 World championship title and then there is Robert Kubica who shown potential to be the best of the rest in the latter half of the season. But luck has eluded Renault’s team leader. He reflects on an early shower in Japan [...]
Petrov: I cannot make any mistakes
Oct.18 (Renault) Vitaly Petrov has a sdeason of mixed fortunes. At times he has worked wonders with the Renault R30, but on some occasions his rookie status has been blatantly obvious. Case in point: Japan where he hardly made it out of his grid slot before slamming the barriers on the main straight at the [...]
Japanese GP: Renault report
Oct.10 (Renault) Team and drivers review their Japanese Grand Prix race day at Suzuka. Robert Kubica: We made a good start and managed to gain one position up to P2, but then in the second lap behind the safety car I was warming up the tyres and I nearly lost the car. I thought to [...]
Suzuka Day 1: Renault report
Oct.8 (Renault)Team and drivers review the first day of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend at Suzuka. Robert Kubica, R30-05 “It’s nice to be in P3 in both sessions, but we have to remember that this is only free practice. We need to wait and see what the weather will bring us tomorrow and try to [...]
Former Renault boss Bob Bell departs team
Oct.6 (GMM) Former team principal Bob Bell has left Renault, the formula one team announced on Wednesday. Bell’s role as managing director, assumed after Flavio Briatore was ousted and banned last year in the crashgate scandal, will be taken over by current team boss Eric Boullier. “We would like to thank Bob Bell for his [...]
Kubica: Suzuka punishes driver mistakes
Oct.05 (Renault) Robert Kubica was expected to play a bigger role, near the front, in the past two Grand Prix races but it did not quite transpire as the midfield playground was the destiny of the Renault R30. Nevertheless Poland’s finest is in top form as he showed when scything his way through the field [...]
Renault still committed to F1 team
Oct.4 (GMM) French carmaker Renault is still interested in the formula one team that bears its name, team boss Eric Boullier said on Monday. After the majority Genii Capital takeover, Boullier said Renault SA president and chief executive Carlos Ghosn meets regularly to keep up with the progress of the Enstone based team. “There are [...]
Kubica visits Paris Motor Show
Oct.01 (Renault) The Mondial de l’Automobile – or Paris Motor Show to foreign visitors – may only open its doors to the public tomorrow, but Robert Kubica has already enjoyed a sneak preview of Renault’s latest models thanks to a visit to the exhibition halls at Porte de Versailles yesterday. Robert’s visit to the show’s [...]