Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul says that Fernando Alonso's luckless second spell with McLaren has provided a kind of motivation as the French squad are determined not to suffer a similar sticky patch after drafting in Daniel Ricciardo from a race-winning team. Alonso left Ferrari for McLaren in 2015, a move that backfired monumentally for the two-time world champion as the Scuderia have won races each year since – and recently challenged for title honours – while the Spaniard failed to score even a podium in the same period. Ricciardo was victorious in Monaco and China last year, but has admitted that he does not expect to fight for race wins in 2019, instead biding his...
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