Renault F1 Managing Director Cyril Abiteboul feels his team’s driver line-up of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg is “perhaps the strongest on the grid” as the team prepare for the first race of the season. Renault re-entered Formula 1 as a works team back in 2016, after supplying engines to team of the grid previously before. Hulkenberg has been part of the team since their re-entry, moving from Force India back then, whilst Ricciardo made the surprise switch to the team from Red Bull last summer, wanting a fresh start and new surrounding after being there for five years. Abiteboul said (quoted by GPToday.net): “The first race of the year, the...
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