Renault F-duct to be tested ‘soon’

Renault’s F-duct will be seen at a grand prix circuit “soon”, according to team boss Eric Boullier.

Earlier this year, the Enstone based team said it would not waste resources on the downforce-stalling innovation.

But given that several of Renault’s key rivals including Mercedes, Sauber, Williams and Force India have implemented the McLaren-pioneered system, Boullier revealed in April that the team is now “actively working” on an F-duct design.

France’s Auto Hebdo said a date for the debut has not been set, but the solution is expected to prove a significant advantage on the long straights of Montreal’s Circuit de Villeneuve in two weeks.

“I can tell you that the F-duct will be tested soon,” Boullier confirmed. “We are going to use it soon but we want to make sure it works 100 per cent before we put it into a race.”

Only Toro Rosso and the three new teams are not working on F-ducts.

(GMM)

0 comments

Other articlesgo to homepage

	Newey no longer key to success in ‘new’ F1(0) Red Bull is lamenting the limited role that can be played in 2012 by F1′s aerodynamic genius Adrian Newey. For the past few years, the energy drink owned team has enjoyed its dominance largely because of the airflow magic wrought by Briton Newey. But in 2012, with reigning back to back world champion Sebastian Vettel

	Williams: Maldonado a future champ, not ‘pay driver’(0) Last Sunday proved that Pastor Maldonado is no mere ‘pay driver’. “If he was a fool, he would not be with us, no matter how much money he brings,” Sir Frank Williams is quoted by Brazil’s Globo Esporte. Venezuelan Maldonado, whose links to the state owned oil company PDVSA and president Hugo Chavez controversially deliver

	Ferrari say Massa contender for 2013 race seat(0) Ferrari has played down rumours it is close to immediately ousting Felipe Massa, insisting it is possible the struggling Brazilian will still be in a red car next year. On Twitter, the famous Italian team said the latest rumours – including a claim that former Virgin driver Jerome d’Ambrosio is a candidate to replace Massa

	McLaren sure gaffes won’t hurt Hamilton talks(0) Martin Whitmarsh is sure McLaren’s recent errors will not affect contract negotiations with Lewis Hamilton. The British team’s latest mistake not only cost Lewis Hamilton pole in Spain, it put the 2008 world champion to the very back of the grid. Asked if he worries that the now seemingly constant flow of team gaffes will

	Williams denies cigarette caused Barcelona blaze(0) Two days after winning in Spain, Williams is scrambling to put together the equipment it needs to contest next weekend’s Monaco grand prix. Mere hours after Pastor Maldonado secured the once-great British team’s first victory since 2004, a huge fire broke out in the pits, leaving one team member still in a Barcelona hospital with