With Alonso back, Renault should be better than they were last year. But the gap they have to make up is so huge that I think, barring a super wet race or something equally dramatic to even the playing field, getting a win is out of the question in 2008.

Getting a podium is even going to be tough. But I expect Alonso to improve the team to the point where he might get 3 or 4 of those at least. In Piquet's case, I know all we've seen so far is one qualifying session, but I'm not impressed.

I think he was brought into their team to placate Alonso by giving him a teammate he can beat easily, but without two drivers offering technical feedback and without two drivers in the midfield fight that I expect to happen, it can only be a detriment to the team and the development of the car in the long-term.

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