In a recent post, we touched on Lotus Renault GP’s poor form of late. They left Hungary with nothing and have scored just six points in the last four races, in contrast with the 42 points they bagged in the first four. Now fifth in the Constructors’ Championship with 66 points, they are 14 behind Mercedes GP Petronas.
They need to address the slide fast, and will bring improvements from the factory to the next race at Spa-Francorchamps, including wings, bodywork and floor updates. Nick Heidfeld admits that LRGP’s season hinges on the Spa updates – they must work.
“If it doesn’t work, then we are in trouble. Let’s hope for the best,” Heidfeld told Autosport.
“I feel it finally has to work because we have been saying for some races now that we understand the problem, and that we have moved forward. This will be the first time that we really have something big.
“Since we found out our problems we have made some small things. But we have made some big improvements in the wind tunnel now, and it was not that easy to bring all the parts to the circuit yet. So Spa is a very important place for us to go in the right direction,” he added.
Reports say that Renault is undecided on whether to further experiment with a rearward facing exhaust system, as the big updates that are on the way are built around a forward facing concept. We’ll see in Spa.
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