Why Renault won't fight for podiums in 2017
Renault is bucking the usual motorsport trend of predicting big things for year two of a major project. With the help of one of the bosses in Cyril Abiteboul, we find out why that's the case
There simply is no polite way of saying it. Precisely a year ago "Team Enstone" - as the squad that mutated through various identities since starting life as Toleman became known - was in a total mess.
Having been dubbed "Lotus", the operation was on its knees, with bankruptcy said to be a single court case away, and subsequent Companies House filings showing the team to have lost £60m in 2015.
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