Ricciardo’s Renault challenge

He’s had a year to get his feet under the French manufacturer’s table. Now the popular Aussie’s star needs to be back in the ascendant

ALEX KALINAUCKAS

“Anomaly – is that the word?” asks Daniel Ricciardo, smiling as ever. The Renault driver is cheerily chatting his way through a media session midway through the first pre-season test of the 2020 season at Barcelona last week. He will end the event with the 10th quickest time, with team-mate Esteban Ocon putting Renault third in the teams’ ranking. Renault finished the test with 380 laps on the board, and early indications suggest another year of action-packed midfield scrapping ahead. At the launch of the new RS20 the team understandably downplayed expectations for the coming season. But 2020 can’t be a campaign where Ricciardo helps keep the ship steady – he needs to be making waves that ideally swell so he and Renault can surf to the high-profile results he missed last…

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