Three years of struggle are over says Renault's Marcin Budkowski

Renault's executive director Marcin Budkowski has said that his team are ready to perform after three years of preparation. 

Speaking to French site Auto Hebdo, Budkowski said: “We do not work for the short term,” 

“We don’t just hire experienced people, but mostly young people coming out of university. We invest in the future. We are not looking for immediate results as we are still rebuilding the team.

“We could have done better last year if the short term had been our goal, but rather it is to build a team capable of being world champions.

“After three years of construction, three years of attack are beginning.”

“If the question is ‘Did we do a great job in terms of car development?’ the answer is no. Our progress was inherently worse than in 2017 and we are aware of it,” he said.

“There is a bit of disappointment at not being able to get closer to the top three, but that drives us to change things in the way we operate.” 

These comments will encourage new Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo who will be looking to compete as high up the field as he can. 

However, Karun Chandhok believes that Ricciardo has moved to Renault a year too early.