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Renault team principal Eric Boullier has stated that their plans to supply engine to the Williams team for the 2012 Formula 1 season will dilute their concentration and the engine efficiency might not remain the same. |
Although Renault sports president Bernard Rey clearly stated that a new team of six members will be hired for the Williams engine deal to work independently on their 2012 chassis still Boullier thinks that increasing the workload will decrease efficiency.
“We knew about it, the only thing is that obviously you may have a concern when they are getting bigger and supplying another team because the energy can get diluted and the efficiency diluted. So this is one concern we can have and one that we have raised and we will be raising,” commented Boullier.
However, Boullier stated that these concerns will not damage the agreement with Renault which runs until the 2013 season. Boullier added that his team will in fact be seriously looking to extend the engine deal with Renault.
Boullier also stated that Renault have some historical ties with the engine supplier so no other engine supplier is on the list.
“Our contract is lasting another couple of years until 2013 so we are discussing very seriously now about extending the contract and actually doing even more. I'm not evaluating any other I would like to carry on long-term with them,” concluded Boullier.
Renault was only supplying engines to Renault GP and Red Bull Racing team for the 2010 season. For 2011, Renault took over Lotus GP as well but no difference in pace of the previous two teams was seen as Red Bull are still marching their way towards a second successive title.
Nevertheless, the Williams deal with Renault is final for the 2012 season and it will be interesting to see what difference in performance it makes.
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