Zoom Back-to-back wins for Renault and Alonso

The last few weeks has seen an extraordinary turnaround for the Renault team, notching up 25 points from the Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix, the same as Ferrari, McLaren and BMW Sauber combined.

The team heads to the penultimate round of the championship very much on a high. The team's Technical Director looks back on the recent success and ahead to the Chinese Grand Prix.

Bob, back-to-back Grand Prix victories for Fernando and the team – tell us about your emotions after the past couple of races?
"I think it’s a feeling of immense pleasure and satisfaction for a job well done thanks to the efforts of the whole team at the track and in the factories of Enstone and Viry. Everybody has made a direct contribution to these results and it’s a fantastic reward for the whole team so I’m elated by it."

Unlike Singapore, the win at Fuji had nothing to do with luck. Does that make it even more special?
"I think it does to some extent because people would have always looked back at the Singapore result and probably focussed on the ‘luck’ element of it. The result in Fuji has put that to bed and demonstrated that the car clearly has the performance and the drivers have the ability to exploit that performance and bring home race wins. So it’s a very satisfying result that was achieved on merit, which at this stage of the season is a fantastic performance. "

Fernando was outstanding all weekend in Fuji, especially during his second stint. What was your verdict on his race?
"I think it was very much a case of Fernando being totally in control of the situation. He had a good car, he was completely dialled into the circuit, and he was able to deliver good consistent lap times to build his lead. He’s also a very intelligent driver, certainly one of the most intelligent that I’ve come across, and he’s very good at reading the race and understanding what needs to be done to get an end result. I think his performance in Fuji was a fine example of that."

Nelson also delivered a strong drive to confirm the performance of the R28...
"Nelson did a good job all weekend. He had a little trouble in Q2 with a couple of mistakes, but that was the only time during the weekend that he didn’t deliver all that we could expect of him. He was quick from the start, both in the wet and the dry, and drove a strong race to bring the car home in front of the sole Toyota in fourth place, which is a great achievement."