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Hulkenberg: Reliability issues costing Renault 'experience and points'

Nico Hulkenberg says Renault's poor reliability so far this year is costing the team dearly, and the German is hoping for solutions to be implemented 'sooner rather than later'. Last weekend in China, for the second time in succession, Hulkenberg was sidelined by an MGU-K problem after just 15 laps when the engine of his R.S.19 suddenly lost power. Renault traced the issue to a software glitch, dismissing a hardware failure of its new-spec MGU-K element which was updated on all its engines after customer team McLaren suffered a breakdown on Carlos Sainz's car in Melbourne. Mercedes: Double-stack pit stop hard to practice but 'useful tool' Regardless of the reasons behind the repeated...
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