Nico Hulkenberg predicts Renault will have “a big challenge on their hands” aiming to charge up the Formula 1 pecking order after a tricky 2019. After acting as ‘best of the rest’ last year with a comfortable fourth place in the F1 world constructors’ championship Renault has slipped back one place behind McLaren this season while the gap to the top three teams appears unchanged. The outgoing Hulkenberg, who has been axed at Renault in favour of Esteban Ocon, says the French manufacturer’s 2019 is “not the year that we wanted or needed”, as it struggled for consistency while with focus and resources moving towards 2021 ahead of the rules shake-up it could mean a similarly...
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