Renault RS20 (Technical Thread)

And as already said, this team always spend a lot of time when they swap drivers since 2016 at-least. Let's hope they speed up the process or change the driver only once in the remaining 5 testing days.

Edited by Alburaq, 20 February 2020 - 08:10.

30m in, only team to not do an installation lap, always fun down at Renault isn't it.

30m in, only team to not do an installation lap, always fun down at Renault isn't it.

It's how we roll............

Maybe Ric thought he would do the afternoon again and he's still in bed?

team say there is no issue, may simply be waiting for better temp / conditions to conduct meaningful running

team say there is no issue, may simply be waiting for better temp / conditions to conduct meaningful running

Yeah I thought that, you could see the presenters breath on Sky because it is that cold.

Edited by vee10, 20 February 2020 - 08:45.

Surely you'd do a lap to make sure it's not leaking

The RS20 does some RB levels of sparking this season.

Edited by vee10, 20 February 2020 - 08:47.

Yeah I thought that, you could see the presenters breath on Sky because it is that cold.

And you could see that when Gasly span with rather lower speed in T9.

team say there is no issue, may simply be waiting for better temp / conditions to conduct meaningful running

Just an installation lap tho??

Anyway he's running now and looking OK

"We'll be looking at some performance items on the car using the C2 and C3 compounds. Yesterday, we ran as expected with everything running as planned. Both drivers felt happy in the car and are looking to build mileage and confidence through the week." 

Edited by danstheman, 20 February 2020 - 08:56.

Nice time from Dan.

https://www.gptoday....20/winter-tests

Edited by gowebber, 20 February 2020 - 09:38.

Nice time from Dan.

 

https://www.gptoday....20/winter-tests

What compound was that on?

What compound was that on?

C3

The website initially said C2 but changed to C3 - no idea whether he pitted, but have to assume it was C3

Been in the garage for a while now...

Hardly any laps again for Daniel, just like he had comparatively less than most others yesterday too, very frustrating, why do Renault do so few laps year after year????

Doors are shut, they've given up and gone home 

they said earlier today they would be trying some new performance related parts so could well be a stop / start morning with taking things off and putting them on

We are back!

I love the front of the car coming toward the camera, takes me back to 90's.

I love the front of the car coming toward the camera, takes me back to 90's.

A bit earlier than that.

I reckon they borrowed the nosecone from a Tyrrell 018, yellow numbers and all...

As a Ferrari fan may I please besiege our fellow competitor-colleagues at Enstone to keep this car in this livery for the rest of the year. I am absolutely in love with this car. It just looks so mean and aggressive this way. 

Edited by Maikel0230, 20 February 2020 - 11:01.

As a Ferrari fan may I please besiege our fellow competitor-colleagues at Enstone to keep this car in this livery for the rest of the year. I am absolutely in love with this car. It just looks so mean and aggressive this way.

What kind of issues? There was only one with the leaking drive shaft after lunch time. They completed ~120 laps on the very first day. Is this a sign of bigger problems for you?

120 laps is still only 2/3rds of what Merc, RB and McLaren did.

Whatever the issue was, it took a lot of time out of their day which they can ill afford.

Today looks to be worse - Poor old Dan has a total of 19 laps on the board as I write this with under and hour to go. Not a good start to the week for Renault.

Hey those croissants don't eat themselves you know...

I do love a nice pane di casa!

I love all these sweeping statements on here, as last year proved we know nothing John Snow until Melbourne and one could argue until the circus gets back to Europe.

I do love a nice pane di casa!

Surely you mean pain au chocolat? If you want pane di casa you need to be in the Ferrari and Alpha Tauri threads   

Perez with the fastest time is 4 tenths faster overall, but Dan still has the purple S3. Seem to be strong in S3 so far in these 2 days

Not bothered with the times, the relatively low amount of laps again for Dan kinda sucks, only 4 more days of testing to go!

120 laps is still only 2/3rds of what Merc, RB and McLaren did.

 

Whatever the issue was, it took a lot of time out of their day which they can ill afford.

 

Today looks to be worse - Poor old Dan has a total of 19 laps on the board as I write this with under and hour to go. Not a good start to the week for Renault.

120 laps shall worry anybody? I don't think. Yes, there are some teams which covered +30-40 laps yesterday. It won't be a game changer if you are above 100.

Today is a much bigger concern.

AMuS:

"Why is Renault's morning sluggish? The French factory racing team had two problems. One concerns the hydraulics, the other the sub-floor, which heated up too much when crossing the curbs."

Still rather a quick car with some bugs to iron out than slow and reliable. That is if it is really quick. Early days but not bad pace this morning it seems.

Edited by gowebber, 20 February 2020 - 12:17.

120 laps shall worry anybody? I don't think. Yes, there are some teams which covered +30-40 laps yesterday. It won't be a game changer if you are above 100.

 

Today is a much bigger concern.

We'll have to agree to disagree then. For Renault to really compete, they have to start turning up to day 1 of testing with a car that reels off laps with monotonous regularity like the Mercs have, so that the engineers can start building up an understanding of how their new car actually works. As of lunch time, the Renault engineers have had half the opportunities that the Mercedes engineers have had to gain that understanding.

We'll have to agree to disagree then. For Renault to really compete, they have to start turning up to day 1 of testing with a car that reels off laps with monotonous regularity like the Mercs have, so that the engineers can start building up an understanding of how their new car actually works. As of lunch time, the Renault engineers have had half the opportunities that the Mercedes engineers have had to gain that understanding.

How many laps do they need to start understanding the car? 120 is not enough on the very first day? I don't understand this panic mode.

Again: today is a different day, 41 laps are definitely not enough (Mc and Ferrari are in the same ballpark, so they are also in big trouble according to your logic).

At the end of the preseason testing let's check just the summa kilometers and we have already the final WCC order in 2020.

We'll have to agree to disagree then. For Renault to really compete, they have to start turning up to day 1 of testing with a car that reels off laps with monotonous regularity like the Mercs have, so that the engineers can start building up an understanding of how their new car actually works. As of lunch time, the Renault engineers have had half the opportunities that the Mercedes engineers have had to gain that understanding.

Sounds like Danny has been a naughty boy over the kerbs.

bit of an odd day so far

Edited by Amz964, 20 February 2020 - 15:43.

Not been a very good day in terms of lap count so far. Not sure what program they're running as eveytime they seem to go out now is a short run, which is a bit strange as they're well behind the lap count at the moment.

When the car is out seems to be ok and sets some decent times however fuel loads etc hard to read into that of course.

Ill never understand why Renault refuse to do laps on track. They doing this for years. Long lunch breaks, long seat fittings and lack of time on track on first tests. At this point it's tradition. Hope this changes for 2021.  

Ill never understand why Renault refuse to do laps on track. They doing this for years. Long lunch breaks, long seat fittings and lack of time on track on first tests. At this point it's tradition. Hope this changes for 2021.

Edited by eREr, 20 February 2020 - 16:51.

Ill never understand why Renault refuse to do laps on track. They doing this for years. Long lunch breaks, long seat fittings and lack of time on track on first tests. At this point it's tradition. Hope this changes for 2021.

Edited by Paco, 20 February 2020 - 17:07.

Cause maybe they aren’t ready for week 1 testing like Williams last year. The car seems way off aero spec wise.. I feel they just saving face by being there and keeping noise down... hence all this cloak and dagger stuff all launch season long. Something seems really off with the squad the last month. Just testing minor stuff like brakes and engine but maybe data wise not useful so downforce irrelevant right now so car behaviour could be meaningless and just looking a few things.

Cause maybe they aren’t ready for week 1 testing like Williams last year. The car seems way off aero spec wise.. I feel they just saving face by being there and keeping noise down... hence all this cloak and dagger stuff all launch season long. Something seems really off with the squad the last month. Just testing minor stuff like brakes and engine but maybe data wise not useful so downforce irrelevant right now so car behaviour could be meaningless and just looking a few things.

Ocon already said the car has more grip than RS19 and the 4 years old aero instability is gone. 

Ill never understand why Renault refuse to do laps on track. They doing this for years. Long lunch breaks, long seat fittings and lack of time on track on first tests. At this point it's tradition. Hope this changes for 2021.  

unreliability....They couldn't do more laps if they wanted. 

Did you see again some years old video somewhere and making some very smart conclusions based on that here?

Edited by Paco, 20 February 2020 - 18:15.

Ocon already said the car has more grip than RS19 and the 4 years old aero instability is gone.


unreliability....They couldn't do more laps if they wanted.

Edited by Paco, 20 February 2020 - 18:14.