Holding onto P5 in the championship despite a point-less Abu Dhabi GP, Daniel Ricciardo says Renault “dodged a bullet” in 2019 having underachieved.

At the end of a season in which Renault had hoped to be fighting for podium finishes but only managed a best of P4, the Enstone team went into the season finale eight points ahead of Toro Rosso.

Both Ricciardo and his departing team-mate Nico Hulkenberg started inside the top ten at the Yas Marina circuit but, 55 laps later, were outside the points.

Hulkenberg was 11th to the Aussie’s P12.

But while Renault failed to score, the same cannot be said of Toro Rosso with Daniil Kvyat crossing the line in ninth place.