Renault thrilled with development rate

Renault says it will look back with huge satisfaction at its development progress this season, as it estimates it has found two seconds' worth of pace between the season-opener in Bahrain and this weekend's Abu Dhabi finale. Although the upgrade push was not enough to get the team back on the top step of the podium, Renault will finish fifth in the constructors' championship compared to last year's eighth, and has been a top-three contender with Robert Kubica at many races. Technical director James Allison reckons the development rate this year has been even higher than during Renault's championship-winning seasons in the mid-2000s.

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