New developments at every race!

By Kris
February 8 2006

Renault F1 technical director Bob Bell has came out and said that the Renault F1 team will introduce new developments to this years car, the R26 at each of the races in order to try and maintain their championships

"We will introduce development packages through the season," Bell said. "That will help maximise our production resources, and will allow us to have a firm idea of the step forward we make each time. We aim to have new parts on the car at every race. For example, the aero package on the car at the moment, is quite different from what will be used at the first race. An update package just before Bahrain will bring us a good performance gain."

"The R26 is an aggressive development of a proven, successful design philosophy," he added. "The R25 did not have any real weaknesses, as our championship victory showed. For 2006, our challenge was to understand the impact of the engine regulations on the chassis design, to include those new challenges in our projects goals, and to pursue our development path under stable chassis regulations. We tried to make parts lighter and stiffer, while improving the car in every area."