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A disappointing day saw
both drivers retire from the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix after what could
have been a strong points finishing race. Pastor was running extremely
well on a one stop strategy and keeping pace with the cars around him on
fresher tyres before he suffered from a power unit related issue.
Romain’s rear wing was damaged and he was forced to retire later on in
the race. Despite the double DNF, the team remains positive from the
performance of Sunday’s running, and are optimistic moving forwards.
Pastor explained what happened to his race; “We had a similar problem to
yesterday where we lost a lot of power. It's a shame as the race was
going very well, and we had an excellent pace - to be honest I was quite
surprised by the car. The strategy was good, as we were looking for one
stop whereas all the other cars were planning two stops, so we were
looking very strong today and even without stopping we were on a similar
pace with the other teams. We just need to look into exactly what
happened and work hard to fix the problems we are having. We’ve shown we
can be competitive."
Romain did not fare so well with pace, however also saw many positives
from the Canadian Grand Prix; “Today was not great in terms of pace for
me, however there are some positives looking forwards. We can see that a
Renault Sport F1 team can win a race so we have a target there,
especially when the win came at a circuit that is not thought to be one
of the stronger ones for them. Congratulations to Daniel for his win
which I watched in the garage. The rear wing of my car broke, so it was
safer to retire than risk a potentially dangerous situation. We have a
lot of work to do, so it's time to go home and try to understand our
problems and come back stronger in the next races."
Deputy Team Principal, Federico Gastaldi summed up the day for the team;
"Today saw a great Formula 1 race and we must say congratulations to
Daniel Riccardo for his first win. For us, it was certainly not our
finest moment. Pastor was driving very strongly with a good strategy
which should have seen him finish strongly in the points. He had an
issue related to his power unit from the start of the race and
eventually he had to retire because of this. This is frustrating for all
involved and we will do everything we can to eradicate issues like this
in the future. Romain had a tough race where he pushed all the way, but
there was a problem with his rear wing. Again, not ideal and something
we need to understand and rectify. We have a busy few weeks before
Austria.”
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