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Magnussen: European GP a test session for struggling Renault

Renault driver Kevin Magnussen conceded that his primary objective for the European Grand Prix is just "to learn" as the RS16 is simply not fast enough in Baku. Magnussen ended up 21st in what was a miserable qualifying session for Renault, only beating teammate Jolyon Palmer, with the duo set to share the last row of the grid for tomorrow's race. And while the Dane said he could've been a bit higher up the order with a quicker set-up, he insists it was more important "to try something different" than to chase the best possible laptime. "It was a pretty disappointing result, but we realised after FP3 that we were gonna be pretty slow and went completely different on...
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