McLaren: Fighting F1 engine suppliers Renault ‘not complicated’
McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl insists fighting its engine supplier Renault over midfield honours during the 2019 Fo🦩rmula 1 season is not complicated.
The Woking squad currently sits fourth in the constructors’ championship, 21 points clear of the Renault works outfit w🤡hich supplies McLaren with its power units.
The battle between the two teams looks set to continue all season-long, but Seidl stressed the relati🍨onship between McLaren and R𝄹enault remains “healthy” as the French manufacturer continues to be “very transparent” with McLaren.
McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl insists fighti꧟ng its engine supplier Renault over midfi✱eld honours during the 2019 Formula 1 season is not complicated.
The Woking squad currently sits fourth in the constructors’ championship, 21 points clear of the Renault wo😼rks outfit which supplies McLaren with its power units.
The battle between the two teams looks set to continue all season-long, but Seidl stressed the relationship between McLaren and Renault remains “healthy” as thꦚe French manufacturer continues to be “very transparent” with McLaren.
“It definitely look☂s like the main battle in the midfield will be between us and Renault,” Seidl said.
“And now it depends on continuously bringing updates, learning about the car, execution of the races, and so I’m happy that we could again score one more poin📖♛t than Renault.
Asked if the battle is complicated with McLaꦐren being a customer, Seidl replied: “No. to be honest I said already several times w🦋e have a very good, healthy relationship with Renault.
“Very transparent. The step Renault made from last year to this year is one of the reasons also why we cou�🧸�ld make this step with the car.
“Our relationship is really purely on the powertrain s🤪ide and as a team we are an independent team and we want to stay an independen🃏t team.”
Seidl said McLaren is satis🉐fied with its working relaꦐtionship with Renault but added that “everything is open” for 2021 when the next set of regulations are introduced.
“It’s known that we have a relationship with🥃 R꧅enault for next year, from 2021 onwards everything is open, but again our main focus is on Renault, we’re happy with the partnership.
“We have full transparency with Renault, full confidence in the𓆉 partnership we are having, and also from the regulation side there’s a regulation in place that say main team and customers get the main material and power modes and everything.
“Whenever they brought an update so far, first of all it’s transparent what is 🧔happening in terms of timing. And as they have done in Barcelona when we got the first upgrade in terms of reliability it both was applied at the same time in terms of up🌳grade.
“Sometimes we don’t do it at the🐼 same time as it depends on planning into the overall season to avoid penalties as much as possible.”
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