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Renault surprised that Haas, not McLaren, main threat in 2018
Renault F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul has said that his team had expected to be locked in battle with McLaren for 'best of the rest' status in the 2018 world championship. That didn't turn out to be the case. Even though McLaren switched to Renault power units this year, Renault still ended the season with almost double the number of constructors championship points compared to their customer team. "I am a bit surprised having to fight against Haas for most of the season when I was expecting it to be against McLaren," Abiteboul told Motorsport.com earlier this month. "Let's remember - last year when we announced McLaren, everybody told me, 'You are crazy, you are...
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