Renault boss Frederic Vasseur says much of the progress the team has made this year has not been visible externally but will play a big role in 2017.Renault has endured a tough season since returning to the grid as a manufacturer, which it did following a protracted buyout of Lotus. The team has scored points at just one race, the Russian Grand Prix, and posted the slowest qualifying times in Italy last time out.However, with the teams focus already shifted to the big 2017 rule changes, Vasseur thinks Renault has made big steps forward on an operational level.?We are all very much focused on 2017 and yet we must continue to strive for the best results possible in the upcoming races, Vasseur said. It is tough for the team of course but we can clearly see progression in areas that are not always visible externally.This is all part of the building of this team. We must concentrate on this and work on areas that can make a difference in the longer term: for example tyre management, how we manage our race weekends and improving the cars regular performance.Any good work and improvements made on track are useful for 2017 and beyond. We must keep this motivation -- we have a great team of mechanics and engineers and we are doing positive work in areas such as pitstops -- we did the fastest pitstop in Monza with 2.1s! For me this is proof of the hard work done by all in the team, their commitment and resilience in tough times.Vasseur says the Renaults struggles in Belgium and Italy were good for the teams resilience.The last two races have been challenging and characterbuilding for the team in terms of results. Our global performance was good in Spa and we achieved our best qualifying results of the season so far, but unfortunately in the race we had Kevins accident and we couldnt convert our qualifying pace into a deserved good result in the end. We expected Monza to be a tricky weekend and we are now fully concentrated on Singapore and beyond. Cheap Custom Thunder Jersey . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. Custom Ray Allen Jersey . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.customthunderjersey.com/custom-ray-allen-jersey-large-75f.html . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. Wholesale Custom Thunder Shirts .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. Custom Thunder T-shirts . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Members of North Koreas Olympic team returned home on Saturday, greeted by a small crowd of family and friends.Vice Premier Ro Tu Chol and Vice Minister of Sport Kim Jong Su were also at Pyongyangs airport to welcome the team home from Rio. But there was no motorcade and no crowds lining the streets -- a common welcome in the past for North Korean athletes returning home after winning overseas competitions.North Korea won seven medals in Rio: two golds in weightlifting and gymnastics, three silvers in weightliftting, and two bronzes in table tennis and shooting.ddddddddddddThats more medals -- but less gold -- than North Korea won at the previous Olympics in London. The North took home four golds and two bronzes at the 2012 games.I did my best in this competition to bring back victory and confidence for our army and people, gymnast Ri Se Gwang, who won a gold medal in Rio in the mens vault, said after returning home. ' ' '