Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has said the team need to build bigger facilities and employ more staff if they are to emerge as a potential World Championship contender.

Renault have already grown significantly since taking over from Lotus, but that rate of progression needs to continue on an upward trajectory.

“We have grown a lot in the engineering/technical area,” Abiteboul told Autosport.

“and what needs to happen now is to have not a similar growth, but growth that is compatible with the engineering potential – like the design office, in production, where we are almost too small and almost delaying what aero is capable of producing,