Daniel Ricciardo Renault is mulling over whether or not to optimise its 2020 car for qualifying rather than race performance. Daniel Ricciardo has twice finished in the top 10 and Nico Hulkenberg once for the Anglo-French team in six races so far this Formula 1 season, leaving it eighth in the constructors’ championship. Ricciardo qualified seventh fastest in China and Monaco, and was promoted to sixth on the grid at the latter due to grid penalties, while Hulkenberg’s best to date was when he joined his team-mate on Row 4 in Shanghai. Renault F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul thinks that developing next year’s car with a greater emphasis on one-lap performance rather than race...
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