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statistics

35 (4.4%)
2 (0.1%)
51 (6.5%)
2 (8.3%)
2 (8.3%)
1st
24
787
780
1777 (1.1 points per race avg)
2 (0.3%)
260 (16.5%)
1977 British Grand Prix
2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

about Renault

Renault are currently involved in Formula One as a constructor, under the name of Renault Sport Formula One Team. They have been associated with Formula One as both constructor and engine supplier for various periods since 1977. In 1977, the company entered Formula One as a constructor, introducing the turbo engine to Formula One in its first car, the Renault RS01. In 1983, Renault began supplying engines to other teams. Although the Renault team won races and competed for world titles, it withdrew at the end of 1985. Renault continued supplying engines to other teams until 1986, then again from 1989 to 1997.

Renault returned to Formula One in 2000 when it acquired the Enstone-based Benetton Formula team (formerly Toleman Motorsport). In 2002 Renault re-branded the team as "Renault F1 Team" and started to use Renault as their constructor name, winning both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in 2005 and 2006.

For the 2011 season the team competed under the name Lotus Renault GP but retained the Renault constructor name. In 2012, the team changed their constructor name to Lotus and operated as Lotus F1 Team until the end of 2015, when they returned to the control of Renault as a works manufacturer.

Renault has also supplied engines to other teams, including Red Bull Racing (2007–2015), Benetton Formula (1995–1997, 2001) and Williams (1989–1997, 2012–2013). In addition to its two own F1 World Constructors' Championships (2005, 2006) and two Drivers' Championships, as an engine supplier, Renault has contributed to nine other World Drivers' Championships. It has collected over 160 wins as engine supplier, ranking third in Formula One history.


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seasons

1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,

finishing positions

grid positions

driver championships

1 Fernando Alonso season
2 Fernando Alonso season

constructor championships

1 season
2 season

wins Renault

# event driver
1 2008 Singapore Grand Prix round 15 Fernando Alonso
2 2008 Japanese Grand Prix round 16 Fernando Alonso
3 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix round 1 Fernando Alonso
4 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix round 2 Giancarlo Fisichella
5 2006 Australian Grand Prix round 3 Fernando Alonso
6 2006 Spanish Grand Prix round 6 Fernando Alonso
7 2006 Monaco Grand Prix round 7 Fernando Alonso
8 2006 British Grand Prix round 8 Fernando Alonso
9 2006 Canadian Grand Prix round 9 Fernando Alonso
10 2006 Japanese Grand Prix round 17 Fernando Alonso
11 2005 Australian Grand Prix round 1 Giancarlo Fisichella
12 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix round 2 Fernando Alonso
13 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix round 3 Fernando Alonso
14 2005 San Marino Grand Prix round 4 Fernando Alonso
15 2005 European Grand Prix round 7 Fernando Alonso
16 2005 French Grand Prix round 10 Fernando Alonso
17 2005 German Grand Prix round 12 Fernando Alonso
18 2005 Chinese Grand Prix round 19 Fernando Alonso
19 2004 Monaco Grand Prix round 6 Jarno Trulli
20 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix round 13 Fernando Alonso
21 1983 French Grand Prix round 3 Alain Prost
22 1983 Belgian Grand Prix round 6 Alain Prost
23 1983 British Grand Prix round 9 Alain Prost
24 1983 Austrian Grand Prix round 11 Alain Prost
25 1982 South African Grand Prix round 1 Alain Prost
26 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix round 2 Alain Prost
27 1982 French Grand Prix round 11 René Arnoux
28 1982 Italian Grand Prix round 15 René Arnoux
29 1981 French Grand Prix round 8 Alain Prost
30 1981 Dutch Grand Prix round 12 Alain Prost
31 1981 Italian Grand Prix round 13 Alain Prost
32 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix round 2 René Arnoux
33 1980 South African Grand Prix round 3 René Arnoux
34 1980 Austrian Grand Prix round 10 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
35 1979 French Grand Prix round 8 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

pole positions Renault

# event driver
1 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix round 10 Nelson Piquet Jr.
2 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix round 2 Giancarlo Fisichella
3 2006 European Grand Prix round 5 Fernando Alonso
4 2006 Spanish Grand Prix round 6 Fernando Alonso
5 2006 Monaco Grand Prix round 7 Fernando Alonso
6 2006 British Grand Prix round 8 Fernando Alonso
7 2006 Canadian Grand Prix round 9 Fernando Alonso
8 2006 Chinese Grand Prix round 16 Fernando Alonso
9 2005 Australian Grand Prix round 1 Giancarlo Fisichella
10 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix round 2 Fernando Alonso
11 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix round 3 Fernando Alonso
12 2005 French Grand Prix round 10 Fernando Alonso
13 2005 British Grand Prix round 11 Fernando Alonso
14 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix round 17 Fernando Alonso
15 2005 Chinese Grand Prix round 19 Fernando Alonso
16 2004 Monaco Grand Prix round 6 Jarno Trulli
17 2004 French Grand Prix round 10 Fernando Alonso
18 2004 Belgian Grand Prix round 14 Jarno Trulli
19 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix round 2 Fernando Alonso
20 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix round 13 Fernando Alonso
21 1984 French Grand Prix round 5 Patrick Tambay
22 1983 French Grand Prix round 3 Alain Prost
23 1983 Monaco Grand Prix round 5 Alain Prost
24 1983 Belgian Grand Prix round 6 Alain Prost
25 1982 South African Grand Prix round 1 Alain Prost
26 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix round 2 Alain Prost
27 1982 San Marino Grand Prix round 4 René Arnoux
28 1982 Belgian Grand Prix round 5 Alain Prost
29 1982 Monaco Grand Prix round 6 Alain Prost
30 1982 Detroit Grand Prix round 7 René Arnoux
31 1982 Dutch Grand Prix round 9 Alain Prost
32 1982 French Grand Prix round 11 René Arnoux
33 1982 Swiss Grand Prix round 14 Alain Prost
34 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix round 16 Alain Prost
35 1981 French Grand Prix round 8 Alain Prost
36 1981 British Grand Prix round 9 René Arnoux
37 1981 German Grand Prix round 10 Alain Prost
38 1981 Austrian Grand Prix round 11 René Arnoux
39 1981 Dutch Grand Prix round 12 Alain Prost
40 1981 Italian Grand Prix round 13 Alain Prost
41 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix round 2 René Arnoux
42 1980 South African Grand Prix round 3 René Arnoux
43 1980 Austrian Grand Prix round 10 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
44 1980 Dutch Grand Prix round 11 René Arnoux
45 1980 Italian Grand Prix round 12 René Arnoux
46 1979 South African Grand Prix round 3 René Arnoux
47 1979 French Grand Prix round 8 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
48 1979 German Grand Prix round 10 René Arnoux
49 1979 Austrian Grand Prix round 11 René Arnoux
50 1979 Dutch Grand Prix round 12 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
51 1979 Italian Grand Prix round 13 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

drivers who drove for Renault

# driver
1 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
2 René Arnoux
3 Alain Prost
4 Eddie Cheever
5 Patrick Tambay
6 Derek Warwick
7 Philippe Streiff
8 François Hesnault
9 Jarno Trulli TRU
10 Jenson Button BUT
11 Fernando Alonso ALO
12 Jacques Villeneuve VIL
13 Giancarlo Fisichella FIS
14 Heikki Kovalainen KOV
15 Nelson Piquet Jr. PIQ
16 Romain Grosjean GRO
17 Robert Kubica KUB
18 Vitaly Petrov PET
19 Nick Heidfeld HEI
20 Bruno Senna SEN
21 Jolyon Palmer PAL
22 Kevin Magnussen MAG
23 Nico Hülkenberg HUL
24 Carlos Sainz SAI
25 Daniel Ricciardo RIC
26 Esteban Ocon OCO

Renault news

The French manufacturer originally had a pre-contract with Andretti for a supply of power units when it first looked at making it onto the grid.However, that deal lapsed last year and there is currently no formal arrangement with Andretti while it ponders its next steps following FOM’s rejections of its plans last week.Read Also:


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Andretti had a pre-contract agreement with Renault, but it lapsed in the summer as the process of gaining an entry dragged on for longer than either party had anticipated.The FIA gave the new project the official go-ahead in October, with a final decision then passed to the F1 organisation and its CEO Stefano Domenicali.Since then the situation has changed with General Motors revaling that it is ...

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Renault's powertrain department in Viry took risks with last year's RE22 engine on the basis that it could gain performance before its specification was frozen, and then deal with reliability issues with FIA-approved fixes if necessary.However, in 2023, it was clear that the essentially unchanged RE23 still lagged behind rivals Honda, Mercedes and Ferrari by around 20-30 bhp.With the backing of ...

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Szafnauer departed the team after last month's Belgian Grand Prix as part of wholesale changes at the Enstone team, with long-time sporting director Alan Permane also leaving.The news followed the departure of Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi, who was moved aside by Renault CEO Luca de Meo to a position away from the F1 programme.At Spa, interim team principal Bruno Famin said Szafnauer and Renault were ...

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The number was announced as the timeline for Alpine to work its way to the front of the F1 field after Szafnauer was put in charge of the Enstone team at the start of 2022.However, a recent management reshuffle at Renault’s Alpine division has seen the sportscar company’s former CEO Laurent Rossi moved aside.Given that Rossi hired Szafnauer there has been some speculation about the latter’s ...

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In recent weeks, some engine manufacturers have indicated that the rules should perhaps be revisited while there is still time, with particular reference to the current 50:50 balance between combustion engine and electrical power.Christian Horner has been particularly vocal on behalf of Red Bull Powertrains, claiming that drivers will have to change down on the straights and that teams will have ...

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Chester, who took over from James Allison as technical director at the Enstone team in 2013 when it was known as Lotus, remained in charge of the squad's technical operations until 2020.
Thereafter, he joined the Mercedes Formula E squad where he was part of the team's back-to-back drivers' titles in 2020-21 and 2021-22, and remained there for its initial transition to McLaren.
In Andretti's ...

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Yet his stint at Renault was just one chapter in a long and varied motorsport career that included the design of the chassis in which he took the title at the end of a hard-fought campaign in the 1976 European Formula 2 Championship.
Jabouille, who has died aged 80 after a long illness, was an engineer by trade rather than training: he’d briefly studied modern art at the Sorbonne. His ...

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As F1 enters the second year of a power unit freeze that lasts until the end of 2025, there are now strict limits on what elements on engines can be changed.
Hardware tweaks solely aimed at delivering a boost in power are not allowed, but the FIA is able to approve changes aimed at solving genuine reliability problems.
However, such tweaks can cause controversy if, as a consequence of ...

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While Alpine made good progress in speed terms in 2022, as it emerged as best-of-the-rest behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, it did endure a spate of frustrating retirements too. 
Those DNFs left Fernando Alonso particularly annoyed, especially as a run of engine failures ran almost all the way to the end of the season. 
Speaking after another retirement in Mexico, Alonso said ...

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A lack of power unit performance was a handicap for the Alpine team last year, when Renault's Viry-Chatillon powertrain division was focussed on a major upgrade for this season, including a move to a split turbine and compressor arrangement for the first time.
Szafnauer says that his colleagues have done a "brilliant job" in closing the gap.
"We think we've made a step on the power unit," he ...

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In the early stages of the race, Ocon battled with teammate Fernando Alonso, and he eventually finished sixth after the Spaniard retired with a loss of drive.
At some stages of the race he also fought with other cars, notably the McLaren of Lando Norris in the closing laps of the race, with his sixth place lifting Alpine up to fourth in the early F1 world constructors' standings.
Ocon made ...

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Ahead of the 2022 season, Renault has completely reworked its F1 engine ? which has included adopting the split turbo solution that was pioneered by Mercedes all the way back in 2014.
As well as delivering progress on the power front, Alpine is hoping that the improved packaging will hand it benefits in terms of aerodynamics and centre of gravity.
While the final verdict on the potential ...

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The French manufacturer has built an all-new power unit for this season which most significantly sees it finally adopt the split turbine and compressor concept pioneered by Mercedes.
Renault is clear that it needs to lift its power figures if it is going to fight at the front of the grid over the next few years, and Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi says he has urged his engine staff not to play ...

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Rossi took the helm of the rebranded Alpine squad at the start of last season, and has set sights on it fighting at the front of the grid within the next five years.
And, while he is well aware of the performance gap that exists to top squads like Mercedes and Red Bull, he believes his Enstone-based team has reason to believe that it can shine as F1 moves towards a new era.
"We have the ...

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The Frenchman has been part of Renault?s F1 programme since 1999, and early in his career worked as an engine engineer for a host of drivers including Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
In 2009, Taffin stepped up to take overall control of Renault?s F1 activities and then from 2014, at the start of the current turbo hybrid era, he became director of operations.
From 2016, as Renault ...

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Abiteboul left Renault ahead of its rebranding as Alpine, having played a key role in the restructuring and revamping of the operation.
The Enstone-based outfit elected not to directly replace him and instead installed a management structure that has no set team principal.
After several months away from the spotlight, Abiteboul has now been appointed as a motorsport advisor to the ...

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Renault rebranded its works F1 team under the Alpine brand for 2021 as part of the ?Renaulution? within the company that was instigated by new CEO Luca de Meo following his takeover last summer.
But Renault is not currently supplying any other F1 teams with power units after its customer McLaren contract ended last year, with the British team switching to Mercedes for 2021.
By ...

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The former Mercedes reserve and test driver is starting his second season at the rebranded Alpine team, after an encouraging 2020 campaign as he got himself up to speed at the outfit.
And with Renault introducing some upgrades to its power unit for this year, ahead of an all-new concept coming in 2022, Ocon says he is impressed with the progress he feels has been made over the winter.
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Following the rebranding of Renault's works operation over the winter, the Alpine F1 team will make its formal debut this weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will make his F1 comeback with Alpine after two years away, partnering Esteban Ocon.
Renault finished fifth in last year's constructors' championship amid a close battle in the midfield with ...

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The Grove-based outfit is undergoing a transformation under new owners Dorilton Capital as it bids to move up the grid.
Despite forging a close technical alliance with Mercedes, which will include the use of customer gearboxes and hydraulics for the first time from 2022, recent speculation has linked the team to an alliance with Renault.
That comes off the back of a push by new Renault CEO ...

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Renault opted to rebrand its works F1 team as Alpine ahead of the 2021 season as part of a wider overhaul of the group?s brands and car companies.
The Alpine name will make its official F1 debut this weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix, led by drivers Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.
The rebrand marked the latest big change for the Enstone-based squad, which has served on-and-off ...

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F1 announced in February that it would be going ahead with a proposed engine freeze next year, halting development for three seasons until the next generation of power unit arrives.
The decision paved the way for Red Bull to establish its own power unit division, taking over Honda's engines upon its F1 exit to ensure there were still four separate suppliers on the grid.
F1's power unit ...

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Last year, the French car manufacturer elected to delay the introduction of a new engine to 2022 as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.
It means it is using just an upgraded engine for this season, but that has given it extra time to evaluate wider scale changes for next season.
One of the ideas being looked at is adopting the design that Mercedes pioneered in F1, of splitting the ...

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Sauber has been a Ferrari customer F1 team since 2010, and forged closer ties with the Italian manufacturer by adopting the name of its sister brand, Alfa Romeo, in 2019.
The existing deal between Sauber and Ferrari is due to expire at the end of this year, leading to suggestions the Swiss outfit could be a potential option for Renault as a new customer team.
But Motorsport.com understands ...

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