Renault's podium at the Eifel Grand Prix is proof the team is making strides, even if it has a ways to go to get such results under ‘normal circumstances', says Cyril Abiteboul. The first podium for the Enstone-based outfit since 2015 and first under the Renault name since 2010, Daniel Ricciardo's P3 was understandably celebrated like a victory by the team, which has copped its fair-share of criticism since returning to the sport as a constructor in 2016. And while Abiteboul admits the RS20 is still not a car capable of regular top-threes, recent improvements have made it more capable of seizing opportunities like the power unit failure Valtteri Bottas suffered on Sunday than it was...
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