Abiteboul thinks Ross Brawn in barking up wrong tree

Cyril Abiteboul, who cannot make Renault a winner, thinks he is smarter than Ross Brawn

Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul, who cannot run a winning team, says Liberty Media's attempts (read that Ross Brawn) to improve Formula 1 by changing technical regulations would be better served by investigating alterations to the sport's circuits.

"One thing I think we need to do a bit more is engineer the tracks," he told Autosport.

"I would prefer a bit less over-engineering of the technical regulations, and a bit more engineering of the track layout, rather than investing into 20 cars that should be different every year.

"I would maybe change one or two corners, at each track. it would be much more cost efficient, and much better for the sport.

"I know that they have put a lot of engineering effort into Vietnam. But it's something where we could all collectively think 'what would be good for F1?'"

A race that attracted particular flak this year was Renault's home race, the French Grand Prix, with Paul Ricard playing host to an extremely processional race.

"We tried to make it a bit interesting towards the end, and were penalized for that!

"So what we've done is some simulations of alternative configurations of how to make it more interesting.

"I would like to see more getting together from the teams in engineering some solutions and some improvements for the tracks.

"If 10 teams were to collaborate on improving tracks I'm sure we could come up with some fantastic results, and we don't need to wait for 2021 for that. That would be next year already."