After the good results of the recent Grand Prix races, the Renault team approaches this race in Austin with an optimism that has been rather rare this season.<\/p>\n
If Kevin Magnussen was delayed by electrical problems on his car, his weekend goal remains to score points on Sunday: “I think we have the potential to progress in the hierarchy, which means we should be fighting for points in the race. That’s what we all want.”<\/p>\n
Comments shared by Bob Bell, the technical director of the French team: \u00ab We have enough data to work with for the qualifications, during which we hope to climb a new step. \u00bb<\/p>\n
But beyond the performances, it is above all the pleasure of driving on the COTA in Austin that delighted both drivers, especially Jolyon Palmer: \u00ab My first impressions of the Circuit of the Americas are simple: this track is awesome! I had a few close calls while pushing the limits and we have work to do to improve our settings. \u00bb<\/p>\n
A similar feeling that seems very strong in Magnussen as well: “It’s still just as fantastic to drive on the Circuit of the Americas,” the Dane shared on Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite a few technical problems and a learning curve for Jolyon Palmer, the Renault cars put in a rather satisfactory performance on Friday, which gives cause for optimism ahead of Sunday’s race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":38781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[73,92,1341],"class_list":["post-11937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-austin","tag-bilan","tag-renault"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n