Overheating problems early on in Singapore forced a change of plan as the Renault decided it was not worth losing running time, and the improvements will now be fine tuned for the Japanese Grand Prix in a fortnight.
"We lost P1 because we decided to change the problem quickly as we would not have made P2," Vitaly Petrov told Autosport. "We cannot risk running it tomorrow because there is no time. Losing P1 at this circuit it is quite a disaster because here you find a lot of time by driving and learning, so I think we will not be super quick here on this circuit but we will be in Suzuka."
Eric Boullier, the team principal, told Autosport the upgrade itself was fine and that it was "more something wrong with the water flow for the radiators".
He admitted that abandoning the changes meant an already tough weekend would become even harder, but he tried to remain upbeat. "It will be better in Japan and Korea, we know this," he said.
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