XPB Images Renault Sport managing director Cyril Abiteboul believes a frantic in-season development 'arms race' will hinder F1's smaller teams in 2017, quickly leaving them behind. Renault's top brass has set a fifth-place finish in the Constructors' standings as its base target for the season. An achievement that will obviously require reliability, performance and steady points-scoring, but also the resources necessary to keep its RS17 pointing in the right direction on the development front. A luxury Abiteboul believes its rivals do not have. "It's that sort of thing when you're thinking about your target, you are not really thinking about who is behind, you're thinking...
Full Story »