Quote Originally Posted by rjbetty View Post
Hmmm I'm not sure how the engine freeze works. I'm sure Renault are able to make some improvements and close the gap at least between seasons, just not by huge amounts.
That's the problem with engine freeze. They can make "some improvement", but obviously it is not enough to bridge the gap. From my understanding you can't change 100% of power unit, but considering how far behind Renault (and Ferrari) are, I am afraid they basically need a clean sheet design!

However, partial improvement is clearly not enough for title challenge. At the moment Mercedes is well over 1 sec per lap faster. Even if Red Bull-Renault package manages to halve that gap, 0.5 seconds is still a huge gap and unlikely to enable you to compete for the title...