Renault Sport F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says the French team is once again faced with an uphill task to reduce the gap with F1's front-runners through in-season development of its R.S.18. Last year, Renault reduced its two-second deficit to the top teams by fifty percent thanks to the regular introduction of efficient updates, but the gap has increased once again for the French squad, forcing it to rely once more on its development pace to make up the lost ground. “Last year we managed to out-develop all teams, including the top teams,” Abiteboul told N. “We started two seconds off the pace from the top teams and we finished the season one second away from the top teams. Renault moves...
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