Last years Renault was a bit of a dog. I doubt Alonso can bring "six tenths" to the team. Renault have been working on this car since April 2007 so I expect them to have closed the gap a little but not enough to challenge for the title unless they have SERIOUSLY sandbagging in testing (Which I doubt) There is talk of a radical rear wing design they are VERY confident will bring them a full 0.5sec a lap but thats a bit much... They intend on debuting it in Melbourne to avoid teams developing their own solution in time. *shrug* the team might be closer but Alonso won't make any difference in my opinion.
Alonso himself has said at the moment in time, a podium in Australia is a "dream" as he believes the team hasn't caught up enough to Ferrari, McLaren and BMW.
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