Saturday, March 3, 2007

Renault

Base: Enstone, UK
Drivers: G Fisichella
H Kovalainen
Test Drivers: R Zonta
N Piquet
Chassis: R27
Engine: RS27
Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza
First Season: 1977
World Championships: 2
Highest race finish: 1 (x33)
Pole Positions: 50
Fastest Laps: 27

Race History
2006 Win seven of the first nine races, but then lose ground to rivals Ferrari in the second half of the season after controversial mass-damper system is declared illegal. Nevertheless hold on to retain both drivers' and constructors' titles, before Fernando Alonso departs for McLaren.
2005 Dominate early part of season and go on to win both titles, despite superior pace of McLaren in later races. Fernando Alonso crowned youngest-ever champion, while Renault become first mainstream automaker to take constructors' honours.
2004 Win the Monaco Grand Prix with Jarno Trulli, but then part company with the Italian with three races to go after a run of poor performances. Draft in Jacques Villeneuve as his replacement. Not enough to prevent BAR edging them for second in the championship.
2003 Emerge as a regular, if not quite constant, threat to the big three teams. Fernando Alonso takes two pole positions, plus victory in Hungary. Finish a lonely fourth in the constructors' championship.
2002 Renault enjoys a strong debut season with a run of points finishes giving it fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.
2000 Benetton announces that it will be renamed Renault from 2002.
1996 Renault decides to withdraw from the sport again, although the company begins negotiations to buy-out an existing team.
1992 Renault engines dominate the Championships of the mid 1990s, powering Williams and Benetton to all Constructors' Championships between 1992 and 1997.
1989 Renault returns as an engine supplier with the Williams team.
1986 Renault withdraws fully from the sport.
1985 The team withdraws from the sport as a manufacturer, but still supplies engines to Lotus.
1983 Prost takes four wins and the team finishes second in the Constructors' Championship.
1982 Renault hire Alain Prost to drive for the team.
1979 Jabouille scores Renault's first win at the French Grand Prix, and team mate Rene Arnoux finishes third. The team finishes the season sixth in the Constructors' Championship.
1978 Jabouille manages fourth place in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, giving the team its only points of the season.
1977 Renault makes its debut at the British Grand Prix, entering a single car driven by Jean Pierre Jabouille. The team enters another four Grands Prix that season, but scores no points.
Stats from http://www.formula1.com/

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