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Eric Boullier is unhappy to be losing out to Sauber and Force India © Sutton Images

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Renault team principal Eric Boullier has said that he is "not satisfied with where we are" ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Renault started the season strongly with consecutive podiums in Australia and Malaysia, but have since slowly slipped off the pace to be fighting with the midfield runners, and Vitaly Petrov was beaten by both Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi at the Nurburgring. Boullier said that the result was below the standard he expected from Renault, and challenged the team to improve more quickly.

"It was another point gained for us, but really we were well below par, and it was not the weekend we expected it to be," Boullier said. "It was not good enough, and at the Hungarian GP we will try and get back on track, although there will be no significant revisions to the car until after the summer break.

"I've expected improvement from our car for a number of races now, and we are making improvement, but we have got to get our heads down and make bigger strides. It's a competitive field out there, with Force India and Sauber also competing in higher positions, so we've got to raise our game starting in Hungary."

Boullier also said that a stronger race at the Hungaroring was important for morale ahead of the mid-season break.

"I've made no secret of the fact that I'm not satisfied with where we are; no one in the team is. We started the season well, but that feels like a while ago now and we have to face the facts, which are that we've been off the pace and we are trying hard to put that right. We brought some developments to the car in Germany, which didn't produce nearly enough so we are now all eyes forward to Hungary to ensure we have the opportunity to head on our summer breaks on a high."

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