Read the full FIA report. It’s actually relatively clear (though the penalty is harsh). This article just confuses because the writer doesn’t understand the issue.

Your ‘slippery slope’ argument makes no sense, since semi-automatic gearboxes are perfectly legal and automated brake bias adjustment systems are not.

Poor little manufacturer, always getting bullied by the privateers.

They do, and it’s perfectly legal.

Most teams use buttons, not dials, for brake bias adjustment, so that’s not it.

divine intervention

It’s an incredibly interesting idea, until you look at who the reserve drivers are.

Based on my findings, all other retirements/problems have been incidental and as such, I think we can assume that (most of) these issues have been fixed by McLaren QC. The power unit is something they can’t control, and the issues keep returning, as they have for Renault since 2014. Renault’s success was before the…

Yeah, that list isn’t accurate. It only looks at unclassified drivers, which is different from a DNF. For instance, Hülkenberg and Ricciardo retired within seconds of each other during the closing laps in Bahrain, causing the safetycar finish, but they were still classified due to distance covered.

Such a good, but under-reported point. The loss of yet another supply contract will hurt their budget. And for anyone sympathetic to Renault’s issues: note that, after a series of failures, they were publicly accused by Toro Rosso of reallocating used components to replace failed ones at full price in the past. When…

Me too, unfortunately the switch will happen in 2021.

Renault powered cars in 2019 (race only):

“root for cancer”

I feel like the two guys in the back smoking would’ve done well to take a course on what not to do while recovering a crashed race car.

While the original comments is a bit silly and overdone, yours is an argument many Senna disciples don’t like to hear. Yes, Senna outqualified Prost 28-4 over two years. Yes, that’s an insane statistic. But Prost outscored him both years. And weirdly, Prost didn’t actually need to take him out in Japan, he would’ve…

CrashLowes. Two birds, one stone.

I also severely dislike what Cyril has done in his current position, not to mention his general attitude, but I also feel like more focus should be put on Renault as a corporation, and the continued ‘we’re in - we’re out’ commitment to F1. They still seem to believe they can have continued success with a significantly…

McLaren - Renault was a forced marriage. The Honda relationship was dead, Mercedes didn’t want to supply them, Ferrari really didn’t want to supply them, so Renault was the only option left. Basically the same thing as earlier with Red Bull-Renault from 2014 onwards.

Are you kidding? They had to tune down their new power units until Canada because they found major issues with it in Melbourne. Since Canada, they’ve actually been quite strong at full tilt, but reliability remains an issue.