Nick Heidfeld says the aim for Renault is to finish ahead of Ferrari this season following a positive start to the year.
The German driver has managed to score 15 points after taking a third place podium finish in Malaysia, one of two podiums for the team after Vitaly Petrov managed the same result in Australia.
Unfortunately, the outfit remain behind Ferrari by a deficit of 18 points, despite either Fernando Alonso or Felipe Massa failing to make the podium at all.
Nevertheless, Heidfeld is confident that Renault can repeat its early season form to get them ahead of the Italian marque.
“I think that we can do that,” he told the Renault website. “It’s certainly not going to be easy because we are competing with the likes of Ferrari now, who we will definitely try to beat.”
He also made it clear that the aim was to be the best, but admitted McLaren and Red Bull were out of reach for now.
“Mercedes seems to have improved and McLaren and Red Bull are still ahead, but the team’s ambitions and our targets are clear – we want to go to the top.
“We are working very hard, the team has made big improvements over the last one and a half years and if we can keep that development speed up, I think yes [we can].”
