Renault believe they are within "one percent" of Ferrari and are aggressively developing their car for the Turkish Grand Prix. Both the French team's cars failed to finish the Spanish Grand Prix, but Fernando Alonso qualified on the front of the grid for the first time and they looked much more competitive than in the southern hemisphere races.Pat Symonds, Renault's executive director of engineering, said they were racing a lot closer to the front in Barcelona.
"We need to start scoring points again and if we had not shown the potential we did in Spain, then I don't think we would know how we were going to get those points."
"Aerodynamic efficiency pays dividends at nearly every track, and so there is no reason to believe that we will not be in a similar position in Istanbul. I firmly believe that we are within one percent of the leading team now, which is a big improvement from where we were at the beginning of the season."
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