Gascoyne: We'll have what it takes for Montreal!


Fighting hard!

By role
June 12 2003

Mike Gascoyne, Renault F1 Technical Director, know that the Gilles Villeneuve track will be hard for the Renault F1 Team. However, he is confident that the squad can do well. He recognizes the importance of engine power at this track, one of the minus on the package that currently Renault has:

“I’d say Montreal is a “stop-start” track that’s very heavy on the brakes, and one where you need a lot of grip and all round balance. To race here you need an engine with the right amount of power, and a fairly low level of downforce. We need to take off downforce so the car can reach the high speeds on the straights, but not so much as to penalise
ourselves in the corners. Montreal has a lot in common with Imola, where we were not very competitive, so we’re expecting the same on this circuit. But we should be able to find a good aerodynamic set up that’ll allow us to fight with our immediate rivals. It’ll be harder to get on the podium here than elsewhere, but we nevertheless think we’ll have
what it takes to get a good result.” He said.

Renault was recently testing at Silverstone with both Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso:

“We concentrated on tyre testing ahead of the next two Grands Prix, plus worked on set-ups for the British Grand Prix. On the whole, despite the surprises, the team made good progress and the data we gathered will be
very useful when it comes to making the finishing touches to our preparations for the Canadian Grand Prix.”


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