
Renault's Formula 1 team manager Steve Nielsen has insisted the team's current performance is not just due to Alonso's departure.The Renault team won several races last year while this year they have yet to score their first podium position.
Renault F1 team manager Steve Nielsen said: "If it was two or three tenths (slower) I'd say it could be that, because Fernando is an excellent driver, there's no doubt, as are the two guys we've got now. But the gap is so big, the gap is a second and a half or more to the frontrunners. Fernando, good as he is, is not worth that much."
"At the start of the season we said we were struggling to understand the tyres, and I think we still are. But the gap is very big now, so it has to be more than that."
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