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**itaspCatCriny** · 11-21-2011, 01:56 AM

point to the inability of the technical team to advance the car during the season. Which is not surprising when you look at the list of high profile engineers who left the team during this season, and they were not replaced with other experienced people. This points to Boullier as the main problem there.

I thought he was saying that because of the effect of the front exhausts which couldn't be accurately modelled in a windtunnel, the developments didn't work.

I don't think the team can be faulted for gambling on the FFE's at the start of the season. That said the core of the team that allowed it to punch above its weight for so long has disappeared so I don't expect Renault/Lotus to be that good in the future.

I don't know if you can pinpoint Boullier as the exact cause, it could be some other Genii folk that have made Renault a less pleasant place to work and have pushed people to leave. The fact that money has been so tight that there have been problems with the payroll couldn't have helped people feel welcome either.

I'll be interested to see if Petrov does indeed stay at the team as its clear he's not there on talent alone. If the Russian funding isn't as high as I thought we're probably looking at a Senna/Grosjean combo next season.

11-21-2011, 01:56 AM	#10
itaspCatCriny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	point to the inability of the technical team to advance the car during the season. Which is not surprising when you look at the list of high profile engineers who left the team during this season, and they were not replaced with other experienced people. This points to Boullier as the main problem there. I thought he was saying that because of the effect of the front exhausts which couldn't be accurately modelled in a windtunnel, the developments didn't work. I don't think the team can be faulted for gambling on the FFE's at the start of the season. That said the core of the team that allowed it to punch above its weight for so long has disappeared so I don't expect Renault/Lotus to be that good in the future. I don't know if you can pinpoint Boullier as the exact cause, it could be some other Genii folk that have made Renault a less pleasant place to work and have pushed people to leave. The fact that money has been so tight that there have been problems with the payroll couldn't have helped people feel welcome either. I'll be interested to see if Petrov does indeed stay at the team as its clear he's not there on talent alone. If the Russian funding isn't as high as I thought we're probably looking at a Senna/Grosjean combo next season.
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