F1情報通

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>すでに2020年型マシンの設計プロセスはスタートしており、今季型R.S.19から引き継ぐ部分、改善すべき部分についての評価作業が行われている。
>アビテブールは、その作業のなかで、決勝日より予選に重点を置いてマシンを設計する可能性も考えていると語った。

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>しかし2020年にはまだ表彰台あるいは優勝を争うほどのステップアップを成し遂げることは難しいと、アビテブールは考えている。

>「スムーズに表彰台争いあるいは優勝争いができるほどの前進かと言うと、答えはノーだ」

>「F1のことはよく知っている。率直に言って、2021年にそれを目指す方が確実だろう」

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>F1チームの低迷に不満を募らせるルノー社の上層部は、アビテブールにプレッシャーをかけているといわれ、2020年末での撤退の可能性までちらつかせているといううわさもある。

>The likely outcome is that the Agnelli family becomes the largest shareholders in what would be the world’s largest motor group, holding 29 per cent of stock. The primary reason for the merger: Renault’s lead in e-tech and zero-emission vehicles… Renault was one of the first manufacturer entries in Formula E, but once it (re)acquired the Witney-based F1 operation it had sold to Genii after its 2009 exit from F1 as team owner, it transferred the electric racing team to alliance partner Nissan. After an FCA merger the group would have interests in two F1 teams: Renault and Alfa Romeo, neither of whom are currently doing the business, nor pulling massive bonuses.

>Following the arrest of ex-Renault/Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn the Franco-Nippon alliance has been under strain, and there is talk that it may be dissolved rather than fully merged, and thus Nissan could well go its own way, both corporate and motorsport.

>hilst it is still early days yet, it is not inconceivable that the envisaged Renault-FCA group decides to pull the plug on one (or both) of its F1 teams, particularly when pressured to commit commercially for 2021-onwards, and dispatches one (or both) its European brands to FE.

>Why so? Imagine the internal conflict: Already the Agnelli family controls Ferrari (albeit via a separate entity) and Alfa, with the merger adding Renault to the family’s F1 interests – does it make sense to keep all three brands in F1? Having won the war to retain Ferrari’s LST bonus and regulatory veto, the Agnellis may just decide to pull Renault and Alfa from F1. Why not?