Flav: Renault back to their best

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Sunday 23rd November 2008

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore believes the team have regained the form that helped Fernando Alonso to win back-to-back World Championships.

The French squad struggled to get going at the start of 2008 despite Alonso's decision to return. However, things turned up in the latter stages of the year and Alonso picked up 42 points from the final six races of the season.

That impressive form played a major role in the Spaniard's decision to sign a new contract with Renault.

Briatore admits they've had to change a lot of things to regain their title-winning form.

"I really think so," he told Autosprint. "We have everything we need, we make developments, and each improvement we find ends up in the car immediately.

"We've gone back to the situation we were in before 2006. Ferrari, too, didn't win almost at all in 2005. It happens, in F1 the line between doing very well and very bad is very thin.

"But to do that we had to change a lot, hire new people, younger and hungrier of success. The secret is, you first need to understand what's wrong, and only then you start working.

"Otherwise you end up building a car without solid bases. Last year, this way, we lost five months before understanding where the problem was. Re-doing the wind tunnel by updating it completely required time. But we're ready now."

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F14Life

"stevee: Wouldnt mind a article on that myself, the whole development freeze thing is still hazy. As for Alonso, to be fair he had no where else to go.. Renault or bust is the term i think..."