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F1: Piquet Must Improve, Says Renault’s Nielsen
Written by: RACER & autosport.com
RACER Magazine   http://www.racer.com/speedtv
05/15/2008 - 09:41 AM
Enstone, UK
 
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Still scoreless in his first five Formula 1 races, Renault rookie Nelson Piquet has been told by the team that he needs to pick up the pace.

Piquet qualified a lowly 17th in Turkey, in stark contrast with teammate Fernando Alonso who made it to Q3. At the previous race in Spain, the Brazilian made it to Q3 but spoiled his best chance of scoring points so far by making two unforced errors in the race.

"Well, it is obviously his first season in F1," Renault sporting director Steve Nielsen said in the team’s official podcast. "We saw last year with Heikki [Kovalainen], he had a difficult start to the season and then he was able to turn it around and I think Nelson has to do the same.

"Nelson had a
good race in Barcelona, unfortunately he made a mistake, but the Friday, (and) Saturday in qualifying, certainly, he did an excellent job and then made a mistake in the race. So I think rather than say he's had a disastrous start to the season, it's... there are good bits and bad bits.

"But he needs to start having more good bits than the bad bits, and he needs to start doing that as soon as he can because F1 is a business, it's a very cut-throat business, and if people don't deliver they go the obvious way.

"But I'm sure Nelson can turn it around,” Nielsen concluded. “We have seen in testing and in Barcelona he has got the speed, he just needs to concentrate and focus and make sure he turns it into results."
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