News Details

Renault pair rue FP2 strategy

Even though it had been made clear that should conditions make it impossible for qualifying to take place on Sunday morning and that the final order in FP2 could decide the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, Renault adopted a strategy which saw its two drivers attempting their qualifying sims at a time the track was busiest with rivals on longer, high-fuel runs. 'Our run sequence was basically out of sequence,' admitted Nico Hulkenberg, who, should the grid be based on the FP2 standings, start from the penultimate row alongside his teammate. 'We wanted to run low fuel and put lap times in at the end when we thought the track would be rubbered in and its best,' he continued. 'But obviously...
Full Story »
5y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Results from FP2 could end up as the starting grid for...

Because of the incoming typhoon, Formula 1 have postponed qualifying...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Renault: We’re still in the battle for fourth

Renault F1 Team previews the seventeenth race weekend of the 2019 FIA...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Renault: New front wing did improve handling

Renault F1 Team had a challenging day of practice at Suzuka Circuit as it...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Renault brings new front wing to Japanese GP

Renault will bring a new front wing as part of a small aerodynamic...
5y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role

Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal fail to maximise the transfer window …...

Morning all. So deadline day came and went without Arsenal making a...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Exclusive: Chelsea stance to see them miss out on 'new...

Chelsea's habit of buying players only to immediately send them on loan to...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Jamie Carragher tells Arsenal what they need to do to...

Jamie Carragher was impressed with Arsenal's performance against...
31m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Dutchman with 15 G/A in 23 games could follow in dad's...

Newcastle continue to work hard to qualify for next season's Champions...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.