Cyril Abiteboul feels the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was a positive one for the Renault Sport Formula One Team, despite a gearbox issue costing them significant track time on the final day on Friday. Carlos Sainz Jr. was restricted to just forty-five laps on day four as his mechanics worked to fix the R.S.18, but when out on track he was able to set the third fastest time of the day, only behind Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso. Although the plan for Renault was to give Sainz and Nico Hülkenberg track time on Friday, the gearbox change put paid to those plans, and it was decided to give the Spaniard the whole day, but Abiteboul, Renault’s managing...
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