F1 | Renault, Abiteboul: “Ricciardo is our card to close the gap to the top teams”

Cyril Abiteboul, in an interview with Motorsport.com, he declared that Renault's next step will be to fight for victory in 2020. To accelerate this growth process, the transalpine team has decided to focus on one of the talented drivers present in the Circus: Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian, who left Red Bull after five seasons, will in fact be Nico Hulkenberg's new teammate.

"We are not able to fight for victories or fight for the championship at any moment, we have drawn up a roadmap together with Ricciardo – underlined Abiteboul -. Anyone who knows Formula One well knows that it takes time to close the gap with the top teams. Daniel has increased our chances of fighting to win races by 2020".

The team principal of the Diamante team then added: “Daniel is our card to shorten this time".