Petrov's comments about Renault

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Originally Posted by Malbec

I don't know if you can pinpoint Boullier as the exact cause, it could be some other Genii folk that have made Renault a less pleasant place to work and have pushed people to leave. The fact that money has been so tight that there have been problems with the payroll couldn't have helped people feel welcome either.

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The interface between a team and it's financial backers is the manager, in this case Boullier.

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Originally Posted by ioan

The interface between a team and it's financial backers is the manager, in this case Boullier.

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There are other Genii folk involved in the team though, like the guy Sutil stabbed (can't remember his name).

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Originally Posted by Malbec

There are other Genii folk involved in the team though, like the guy Sutil * stabbed (can't remember his name).

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Allegedly......

It's interesting to think that in 2010 Bouiller actually got a lot of praise for turning the team around after the scandals and misery of 2009. The development work was also efficient during 2010. Right now Bouiller is not the only guy to blame. I think the instability in ownership can't have helped either. What concerns the car design and radical FEE, I actually view this experiment positively. At least they tried something different and risky to really try to catch top teams. In the end it didn't work out, but initially it seemed like a promising idea. But let's see, how can they build up the future on this experience. Initial signs aren't promising though and the loss of staff can't have helped either.

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Originally Posted by ioan

From what we saw to date he has hardly any credibility left.
His cars went from 4th fastest to about 8th or 8th fastest and he was blaming his drivers openly or it. :down:

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Bouillier is quickly turning into a poor man's Briatore, a lot of talk but no results. At least Flavio's teams were succesful.

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Bouillier is quickly turning into a poor man's Briatore, a lot of talk but no results. At least Flavio's teams were succesful.

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You can't really blame him. Fingers point to the technical side.

Renault went backwards as the season progressed. It's a bit worrying when you see Buemi overtaking/beating a Renault.

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Originally Posted by wedge

You can't really blame him. Fingers point to the technical side.

Renault went backwards as the season progressed. It's a bit worrying when you see Buemi overtaking/beating a Renault.

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The team principal is responsible for team directive and employment of the technical team, so he is responsible to a large amount.

Sacking Nick Heidfeld for the reason of the team 'needing a change' is not an example of good leadership.

Nonetheless, we will see how they go next year.

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Originally Posted by Matthew

Sacking Nick Heidfeld for the reason of the team 'needing a change' is not an example of good leadership.

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I guess in F1 a few millions only amount to change. ;)

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Originally Posted by jens

It's interesting to think that in 2010 Bouiller actually got a lot of praise for turning the team around after the scandals and misery of 2009. The development work was also efficient during 2010. Right now Bouiller is not the only guy to blame. I think the instability in ownership can't have helped either. What concerns the car design and radical FEE, I actually view this experiment positively. At least they tried something different and risky to really try to catch top teams.

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I couldn't agree more. Placing the blame on one individual is very rarely correct.

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Originally Posted by wedge

You can't really blame him. Fingers point to the technical side.

Renault went backwards as the season progressed. It's a bit worrying when you see Buemi overtaking/beating a Renault.

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You know last year he boasted about negotiations with Räikkönen until Kimi put a stop to it. Now he again implied how Robertsons called him among other stupid things. Add to that the ultimatums for Kubica...