Renault’s director of operations, Remi Taffin, says it would “hurt” if they failed to win a single race this season, as the year comes to its conclusion this week in Abu Dhabi.
The engine manufacturer currently supplies just Red Bull and Toro Rosso, but has secured three podium finishes – including two second places – but has yet to power a car to the top step in 2015.
Renault’s last win-less season came in 2007, but it looks set to repeat that, unless Red Bull can snatch an unlikely victory this weekend.
“After a long season we reach the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi,” said Taffin. “By our own standards it’s not been as successful as we could have hoped and it will hurt if we finish the year without a win.”
Whilst 2015 might not have delivered a major step forward, Taffin believes they’ve made progress and expects much of that to come to fruition in 2016.
“We have learnt a lot and there are also some strong steps forward that will consolidate us in future,” he added. “After a shaky start to the year we have consolidated reliability and each part is much more robust than in the last year.
“Performance wise we are also closer to the competition and know that in some circumstances we are able to challenge for the podium.
“Naturally challenging for wins is the next step in our recovery and the information learnt this year will help us get closer to achieving this aim.”
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