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Renault: Alonso drove the F1 sim and had a seat fitting

Earlier this week, double world champion Fernando Alonso made his first visit to Renault DP World F1 Team in preparation for his 2021 Formula 1 campaign. The Spaniard returned to his ‘home’ team, visiti... Read More...

Renault requests to withdraw Racing Point appeal

Renault has announced it has requested to withdraw its appeal against the penalty handed down to Racing Point over the team’s brake ducts which has split the Formula 1 paddock. The French team protested ... Read More...

Renault: We’re heading in the right direction

Renault preview the British Grand Prix, round 4 of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 world championship. Drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon and Technical Director Pat Fry share their thoughts on Silverstone.... Read More...

Renault: Encouraged from what we have seen from the car

Renault F1 Team previews the third race weekend of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring near Budapest. Drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon and Chief Ra... Read More...

Renault: This poor level of reliability is not acceptable

Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo finished in eighth place in Sunday’s Pirelli Styrian Grand Prix with team-mate Esteban Ocon retiring from the 71-lap race in Spielberg, Austria. After starting from fifth ... Read More...

Renault: We need good starts from both drivers

Renault DP World F1 Team will start tomorrow’s Pirelli Styrian Grand Prix with both Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo inside the top ten on the grid after a thrilling, wet qualifying in Spielberg today. ... Read More...

Renault: We’re heading in the right direction

Not a great day for Renault, with Daniel Ricciardo trashing the RS20 early on in FP2 for the Styrian Grand Prix, the yellow and black car crunching into the Red Bull Ring barriers and setting the team back ... Read More...

Renault: The car is considerably better than last year

It was evident in Austria last weekend that Renault had a fairly decent package, of course not yet among the top teams they did find some time ion their package and thus are confident ahead of this weekend'... Read More...

Renault: Positive baseline performance

Renault driver Esteban Ocon finished in a strong eighth place on his return to racing after a thrilling and action-packed Austrian Grand Prix for the 2020 Formula 1 curtain-raiser; Daniel Ricciardo retired ... Read More...

Renault: Not quite what we were targeting

Renault were once again underwhelming for the start of the season, comprehensively outpaced by their customer team McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo was only good for tenth place on the grid while comeback kid Este... Read More...

Renault: Cars performing well and drivers are happy

Renault were content with a solid performance by their drivers and package on day one of the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix in which Daniel Ricciardo ended the day as the fifth quickest driver with Este... Read More...

Renault: We’re pleased to welcome Sergey back to the team

Sergey Sirotkin is still hovering in the wings of Formula 1, with Renault confirming that the Russian (former Williams driver) retains the role as a reserve to Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon at Renault i... Read More...

Renault: Seeing the cars on track is a positive signal of progress

Renault have a great deal to live up to this year as their boss Cyril Abtibeoul has run out of excuses, next year Daniel Ricciardo departs after a mega-buck two-year stint and Esteban Ocon cannot wait to ge... Read More...

Stark figures for McLaren are a sign of the times

Formula 1 team owners McLaren saw group revenues reverse from 284 million pounds ($348.13 million) to 109 million in the first quarter of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, results on Thursday showed. Th... Read More...

Renault to partially or totally reduce activities at F1 factories

Renault Sport Racing today announced measures to partially or totally reduce activities at its Viry-Châtillon and Enstone sites. The crisis we have faced over the past weeks is unprecedented. Clear direc... Read More...

Zhou wins virtual Bahrain Grand Prix

Renault’s Chinese test driver Guanyu Zhou won a virtual Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday as Formula 1 sought to entertain fans with esports action in a season stalled by the spreading coronavirus. The first ... Read More...

Renault: Heading to Australia with ambition but caution

Renault F1 Team previews the first race weekend of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Rolex Australian Grand Prix. Drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon and Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul sha... Read More...

Renault part ways with Nick Chester

Renault have confirmed that technical director Nick Chester will leave the team as part of a restructuring in the wake of a below-par season for the French outfit. This follows the appointment of Pat Fry... Read More...

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