Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul has admitted that the factory team hasn't lived up to expectations in the first two races of the season. In particular he's troubled by the reliability shown by the R.S.19 and this year's engine, following a sudden double retirement for both Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo in the closing laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix. “Our overall competitiveness is good enough for our drivers to be racing in the top ten and closer to the top teams than last year,” he insisted this week. Renault chassis impacted by issues similar to 2018 - Hulkenberg "But we have suffered from reliability issues," he added, saying that as a result the squad had...
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