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Nico Hulkenberg had a productive today in Spain, crossing the line in P6 and ensuring eight points for himself and Renault. However, he insists that a lot of work needs to be done on the car if the French manufacturer wishes to catch their rivals.
Hulkenberg managed to avoid the first corner mayhem and drove a steady race to cross the line in sixth, a result he is pleased about: "Sixth is a great result for us and very rewarding too," he said. "It's been our lucky day with some of the top cars out at the start, but also later on in the race too, so we clearly benefited from that.
"At the same time, we were there at every opportunity to do a good job and the guys did a great second pit stop to enable us to pass the Sauber. I feel very comfortable in the car but we still have work ahead of us to catch up our closest competitors."
Jolyon Palmer in the other Renault failed to make an impact. His strategy differed in that he started on the medium compound and made two pitstops, but admits that he just didn't have the pace, crawling home in P15.
"We went for an aggressive strategy today given my starting position on the grid. I think it's fair to say it didn't bring us the reward we wanted. I wasn't able to get the pace out of the car when it was needed, however we were going better on the final set of tyres."
Fergal Walsh
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With a little bit more of a competitive car, Hulk can show what he can do