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Renault bowed out of F1 after 2011

Active years: 1977-1985;
2002-2011
Previous identities: Toleman
(1981-1985), Benetton
(1986-2001)
Subsequent identities: Lotus:
2012-

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History

Renault first entered Formula 1 in 1977, bringing with it the radical innovation of turbo power. It took several attempts to perfect the technology, and two years passed before it finally scored the first turbo-powered win on home ground in 1979.

But despite being the first team to win a race with a turbo engine, Renault failed to deliver a championship in its original incarnation, coming closed with Alain Prost in 1983. The team slipped down the order after that and the plug was pulled in 1985.

It remained as an engine supplier and won a string of championships in the 1990s before returning as a constructor by taking over Benetton. Led by Flavio Briatore, the team won the constructors’ championship in 2005 and 2006, with Fernando Alonso claiming both drivers’ trophies.

Alonso departed the team for McLaren in 2007 but was back one year later. He scored his first win of the year for the team in Singapore.

But 12 months later the revelation that the victory had been contrived thanks to team mate Nelson Piquet Jnr crashing on purpose rocked the sport. It led to the departure of Briatore along with Pat Symonds. In the winter of 2009 Renault sold a large stake to Genii Capital.

At the end of 2011 the team was rebranded as lotulink. However Renault has again remained as an engine supplier and powered Red Bull to its recent championship successes.

Results

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/stats.csv

	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Championship position		12	6	4	3	3	2	5	7																	4	4	3	1	1	3	4	8	5	5
Points	0	3	26	38	54	62	79	34	16																	23	88	105	191	206	51	80	26	163	73
Wins	0	0	1	3	3	4	4	0	0																	0	1	1	8	8	0	2	0	0	0
Pole positions	0	0	6	5	6	10	3	1	0																	0	2	3	7	7	0	0	1	0	0

Drivers

View list of Renault F1 drivers.

Headquarters

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Renault’s F1 team is based at Enstone in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom (above).

Major team personnel

Chairman: Gerard Lopez
Managing director and team principal: Eric Boullier
Chief operating officer: Patrick Louis
Technical director: James Allison
Deputy technical director: Naoki Tokunaga
Chief designer: Tim Densham
Deputy managing director, engine: Rob White
Operations director: John Mardle
Head of aerodynamics: Dirk De Beer
Sporting director: Steve Nielsen
Chief race engineer: Alan Permane
Chief mechanic: Gavin Hudson
Race engineers: Simon Rennie, Jonathan Marshall, Ayao Komatsu and Julien Simon-Chautemps

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