Magnussen says Renault should focus on 2017 car


Formula One - Grand Prix of Europe - Baku, Azerbaijan - 19/6/16 - Renault Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen of Denmark walks during the drivers parade ahead of the race. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - Renault should give up on this year's Formula One car and focus on designing a better one for 2017, the team's Danish driver Kevin Magnussen said on Thursday.

"As a driver what you care about... is winning and we are so far off that that in my mind I would be fine to switch focus completely, because we are clearly not going to win with this car," he said at the Austrian Grand Prix.

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