Pat Symonds View Of 2005

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Pat Symonds:

"Probably one of the few things that does annoy me a little bit is when people say it's not so much you winning the championship as McLaren losing it because to me reliability is just part of the challenge of what you do," Symonds said.

"I have no doubt if I said to (Renault engine boss) Rob White: 'We're dropping behind McLaren a bit, can we have another 20bhp?' I've no doubt he could do it. In fact I know he could.

"But he'd say: 'You can have it for the first three practice sessions, but I doubt it will last until practice four.' Well that's not good engineering.

"We have got that balance a little bit better than McLaren probably this year. It is incredibly difficult to get right, but it is a question of organising yourself.

"Just because we have been better than McLaren doesn't mean we're good enough, and we're always trying to improve things that we hope will maintain our position at the top.