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Guenther Steiner on Renault: Can they win? It doesn't look it

Guenther Steiner on Renault: "Can they win? It doesn't look it"

07-04-2019 10:30
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Haas boss Guenther Steiner has criticised Renault and their business models and believes that with their current set up they are never going to win. Renault have really been struggling this year after finishing the 2018 season as 'best of the rest.' Steiner believes that Haas have outperformed them despite having less resources and money and doesn't see Renault improving any time soon.  

"It is already a challenge for a team like us, who are competing against that top three teams - that have something like 30% more resources than we have," Steiner said to Autosport.

"If they are capable of combining their resources with other teams, or getting the benefits of synergies within the scope of a budget cap - that is a problem for us and a problem for at least two other teams in the field."

"In my opinion, they created the problem themselves by not performing enough and spending too much money," steiner said when talking about Renault. 

"I think they need to up their own game and not try to lower our performance by hindering us. They are not getting closer to the big ones, that is the problem."

"Will they ever win with their business model? That is the question," he said.

"What is the difference between us not winning and them not winning? That [business model] is not their problem. We not winning is not their problem.

"Their problem is us being better than them and they use the 'we cannot win' as an excuse. Can they win? It doesn't look it."

The midfield battle is as tight as ever and we can hope for some good wheel to wheel racing between the two teams.