(MENAFN- Kora) All four of the Renualt-supplied teams, including reigning world constructors' champions Red Bull, have endured considerable difficulties in the first two pre-season tests in Jerez and Bahrain
Red Bull have been plagued by reliability concerns, while Lotus, Toro Rosso and Caterham have also been troubled by the issues with Renault's engine.
But, ahead of Thursday's final test in Bahrain, the company's head of track operations Remi Taffin has faith that the worst of Renault's problems are behind them
"There is still room to play with and we hope to have everything working together at maximum performance when we get to Melbourne," said Taffin
"I think we will be ready to run (at the Australian Grand Prix), but it depends what performance we will get there
"We have a programme to do (before then) and if we do it maybe we have a chance to do well over there
"If you look where we were three weeks ago and where we are now; if we make the same step to Melbourne I will be happy
"We are now far from having all the issues we had before," he said. "Many are fixed, but we still see a few
"The major ones are now behind us, so we can start building up programmes and try many items
"We are making progress. We are now in a position to tick every box on the list. We have good support from our factory and our teams, and we are all working together
"When the problems are fixed - and we are close to fixing them - then we can move on.
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