When Renault returned as a works team for the 2016 season it tentatively outlined a bid for podiums in 2018 and a tilt at the world title by 2020. That has not happened, but there is a sense of optimism growing around a team that has a paradoxical history of sometimes flattering to deceive and at other times punching above its weight.   Since its most recent return in 2016 it has achieved P9, P6, P4 and then P5, with last year’s failings (mainly down to a sub-par chassis and poor aerodynamic development) having been feared as far back as 2018. Renault acted by undertaking technical changes at a senior level, as in came Pat Fry and Dirk de Beer, out went Nick Chester and Peter...
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