Renault Disappointed with Malaysia Result

Renault's managing director Flavio Briatore was disappointed with his team's performance in today's Malaysian Grand Prix.

"It is a disappointing result for us after we had expected to fight at the front here in Malaysia," said Briatore after Italian Jarno Trulli finished in fifth place and Fernando Alonso in seventh.

"When Fernando was stuck in the pack, we decided to change his strategy but unfortunately, the result didn't match up to our expectations.

"As for Jarno, he had an eventful race and he fought well for his fifth place. The team worked very well all weekend, and we will learn from our mistakes in order to achieve our full potential in Bahrain in two weeks' time."

Spain's Alonso roared from the back of the grid to collect two more points for the French squad, while Trulli also had a busy race which started with an incident with BAR's Jenson Button. The Italian driver was satisfied with his result.

"It's a satisfying result, given that I started eighth and all our competitors were very strong today," said the Italian. "I got a very good start, but must apologise to Jenson: I touched his car on the way to the first corner. I had a good battle with him and Rubens in the first stint, very clean, and I was enjoying the race.

"However, after my first stop, the front tyres started graining, and I lost time in the second and third stints relative to my closest rivals. The car was understeering a lot during this part of the race.

"Having said that, we were reliable and once again have two cars in the points: we can't be too disappointed."