ispano6 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2020, 19:58
PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑01 Sep 2020, 17:37
Renualt? Jean Todt and FIA are Ferrari Loyalists.
They couldn't give two dingle berries about Renault.
"The FIA is generally known by its French name or initials, even in non-French-speaking countries, but is occasionally rendered as International Automobile Federation."
"Jean Todt is a French former rally driver who went on to become Peugeot Talbot Sport's ..."
2011
Jean Todt: "When I talk to those responsible at Renault they tell me they will go out of F1 if this new engine does not come in 2013. When I talk to Mercedes and Ferrari they ask me to postpone the introduction for a couple of years. They are not against the rules but want them postponed. So in the coming days I will keep up the contacts personally to see where we are," added Jean Todt.
(New engine Formula did in fact come in, Mercedes of course fooling everyone)
Grosjean: I raced with illegal Renault F1 brake bias system in 2015
Oct 2019
"The Renault Formula 1 team acknowledges its now-illegal braking system was a driver aid but was "absolutely convinced" of its legitimacy because it was introduced before this season." They happened to be caught in Japan, at Honda's home turf.
From Autosport:
Abiteboul:
"[Approaching the FIA] is not something we've done because we were absolutely convinced, as further demonstrated, that we were legal.
"And we were legal from a technical perspective."
Abiteboul accepted that "it is a driver aid, but a number of things are a driver aid", highlighting automatic energy recovery system deployment as an example.
"At some point you need to accept there is an element of subjectivity [in the rules]," he added.
"It's been used since so many years that we never thought it could be put into question until what happened presently."
Asked specifically how long Renault has used the system, he replied: "I don't want to go into details but it's not from this season.
"It's from before."
Abiteboul admitted that Renault needs to have stronger processes when establishing the legality of its ideas.
June 2020
Jean Todt: “Beside this, we have had the pleasure of learning about Renault’s decision to continue.”
Sounds pretty accommodating to me.
Aug 2020
Ricciardo had a BRAKE-BY-WIRE issue in Belgium and didn't go out after Q2 but Renault were unusually confident that they would make it to Q3 without even knowing what other teams would set in Q2.
