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Renault intends to make a “massive” push on its car development at the beginning of the year as it bids to regain the fourth place in the constructors’ championship it lost in 2019.

Daniel Ricciardo is targeting a podium finish in his second season with Renault, which he says he expected would be possible when he signed his two-year deal with the team.

Former McLaren technical director Pat Fry, who oversaw creation of the team’s MCL34, will make his start with Renault on February 5th.

Renault has announced it will hold a “season opener” event on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, but has not confirmed whether it will present its 2020 F1 car.

Daniel Ricciardo was thrilled with Renault’s turnaround in qualifying having languished near the bottom of the times on Friday.

Renault has praised the new rules package for the 2021 F1 season which the sport has presented today.

Renault’s disqualification from the Japanese Grand Prix couldn’t have come at a worse time, as executives are reviewing the value of its F1 project.

The FIA stewards said Renault’s disqualification was “more severe” than other teams have had for breaking the same rule previously.

Renault is considering its position following the disqualification of both its cars from the Japanese Grand Prix and has not ruled out appealing the decision.

Both Renault cars have been disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix following an FIA investigation into its braking system prompted by Racing Point.

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl says the team has “everything in its hands” to beat Renault to fourth place in the constructors’ championship following their performance in Japan.

Renault’s Japanese Grand Prix result remains provisional as the FIA begins an investigation into a protest from Racing Point over the legality of their braking system.

Renault is facing a protest from rival team Racing Point over the legality of the braking system it used in the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Renault drivers will start the Japanese Grand Prix from 17th and 18th on the grid if qualifying cannot be run on Sunday morning.

Renault has accepted Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from qualifying but said the advantage he gained was worth just 0.000001 seconds.