Renault are hitting their peak

Nico Hulkenberg believes Renault achieved their highest possible finish in Bahrain after getting the “maximum”.

Nico finished in 6th below rivals Haas and Toro Rosso.

The German said: “We got the maximum from the race, which is a good positive

“We didn’t quite have the pace to compete with the cars ahead of us and that leaves me a little disappointed.”

This was Renault’s highest finish since their latest return to Formula 1.

Hulkenberg intends to improve on the start of his Grand Prix.

He lost out on a battle with Magnussen in the first lap and, perhaps a better start could have resulted in more points.

“We need to analyse what happened at the start because I had too much wheel spin,” he said.

“I was stuck in traffic after both stops and we couldn’t really do a lot from there.”