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Renault team boss leaves ahead of Alpine rebrand

Renault Formula One team principal Cyril Abiteboul is leaving the company ahead of the Formula One team being rebranded as Alpine Formula One.

Motorsport • 11 Jan 21

Daniel Ricciardo drives the 2020 Renault at this weekend's Italian grand prix

Renault to be rebranded as Alpine for 2021

Renault will be re-branded as Alpine for next year's Formula One campaign and will also alter the colour of their livery.

Motorsport • 06 Sep 20

Renault lodge official complaint against Racing point

The Renault Formula One team lodged an official protest questioning the legality of the Racing Point cars after their rivals' strong showing in Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix in Austria.

Motorsport • 12 Jul 20

Alonso's last season in Formula One was with McLaren in 2018

Alonso aiming high as Formula One comeback is confirmed

Double world champion Fernando Alonso will make a Formula One comeback at the age of 39 next year with Renault, the French manufacturer has announced.

Other sport • 08 Jul 20

Renault and Mercedes reaffirm Formula One commitment

Renault has reaffirmed its commitment to Formula One despite announcing that almost 15,000 jobs will go worldwide as part of a cost-saving package over the next three years, while Mercedes has rejected reports that it will leave the sport.

Motorsport • 29 May 20

Renault finished fifth in the 2019 F1 season despite ambitions to establish themselves in the top four

Renault keen to regain confidence after 2019 struggles

Renault must regain confidence to bounce back from last year's disappointing Formula One campaign according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul.

Motorsport • 12 Feb 20

Nico Hulkenberg in action at the Japanese Grand Prix

Renault stripped of Japanese Grand Prix points

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were disqualified from the results of the Japanese Grand Prix on Wednesday after the sport's governing body ruled they had benefited from an illegal driver aid.

Motorsport • 23 Oct 19

Renault truck crashes on the way to Hungarian GP

Renault's German Formula One Grand Prix weekend went from bad to worse today after one of the team's trucks crashed in Hungary on the way to the next race

Motorsport • 29 Jul 19

Smith drove the F1 car Jeremy Clarkson couldn't handle

The book about legendary rally and circuit driver Rosemary Smith 'Driven' has been shortlisted for the 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year.

Motorsport • 11 Nov 18

McLaren to sever ties with Honda & switch to Renault

Former champions McLaren will swap their Honda engines for Renault ones at the end of the Formula One season after calling time on a troubled three-year partnership marked by frustration and failure.

Motorsport • 15 Sep 17

Lewis Hamilton has equalled Michael Schumacher's Formula One pole position record

Lewis Hamilton makes pole and history in Belgium

Schumacher family congratulate Lewis Hamilton as he equals the German great's record of 68 career pole positions.

Motorsport • 26 Aug 17

Renault unveil 2017 car and target fifth

Renault unveiled their 2017 Formula One car on Tuesday and is targeting fifth place in the championship and possible podium finishes after struggling among the backmarkers last season.

Motorsport • 21 Feb 17

Renault finished a lowly ninth in the 2016 Constructors' Championship

Renault team principal leaves after one season

Renault have parted company with Formula One team principal Frederic Vasseur with immediate effect, the French manufacturer announced today.

Motorsport • 11 Jan 17

Kevin Magnussen signs autographs before the Grand Prix of Hungary

Magnussen cleared to race at Monza

Renault driver Kevin Magnussen has been given the green light to race in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after passing a fitness check at Monza, the Formula One team said today.

Motorsport • 01 Sep 16

Kevin Magnussen made his Forumula One debut with McLaren in 2014

Magnussen returns to F1 after year on sidelines

Renault announced the Formula One comeback of Danish driver Kevin Magnussen at the launch today of a new-look team that will put the French car maker back on the starting grid as a constructor.

Motorsport • 03 Feb 16