Ricciardo on Renaults progress: It's been a 'really positive' winter

In recent days Renault claimed that their new engine for 2019 was really powerful. Articles reported that it had over 950 horsepower and Daniel Ricciardo has confirmed that they have made real progress on this front. Last season Red Bull were very critical of the Renault engine but it seems to have improved significantly. 

"Obviously being pretty deep in the Renault family, I've seen numbers and I know they are not just saying it to please everyone. It has been a good winter," Ricciardo said when speaking to Motorsport.com.

"But, race cars are race cars. You might put it on track, and it has done a lot of stuff on the dyno, and then it's 'why is it doing that?' 'Okay, we didn't expect that.'

"So you never really want to put all your eggs in that basket saying this is going to be sick.

"But look, so far what they have done over the winter, looking at the numbers they have done in previous years, it has been a good one.

"By no means are they saying it is going to be better than a Mercedes, but from what they have done it is really positive. It is nice to hear that for sure."

Ricciardo will hope that Renault will continue this success over the next few years as they take on the challenge of winning races by 2021.