Renault is struggling to build up its first complete R.S.19 car in time for the car's shakedown run scheduled to take place on Saturday in Barcelona. The French squad is expected to roll out its 2019 car behind the Circuit de Catalunya's closed gates but a lack of parts could force Renault to scrap its filming day altogether. Following this year's regulation changes, Renault gave its designers the maximum amount of development time which in turn has led to a compressed build time and supply issues. "It's super tight," Abiteboul told Motorsport.com at Tuesday's team launch at Enstone. "If I share a little bit of a secret, we are due to do a shakedown on Saturday, during a...
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