Club Renault Sport

Renault F1 refers the Formula One racing team of Renault Company, the age-old French automakers. It has the longest history of involvement in motor racing as its founders were amongst the earliest ones to recognize racing as an important tool for gaining publicity for its vehicles. They marked the birth of Grand Prix Motor Racing by winning the first French Grand Prix with Ferenc Szisz.

During the early eighties, the Renault sport division was set up to concentrate on building cars apt for its drivers on the tracks. It laid the foundation for Renault to enter into the Formula One as an engine supplier and later as a constructor. They introduced the turbo engines to the rallying field. Earlier as suppliers to Williams and Benetton in 1990’s and later as constructor since 1991, Renault has been a fairly good winner at Formula One. They took over the Benetton team to create the present Renault F1. With Fernando Alonso, they went on to win the constructor’s titles in 2005 and 2006. The team is coordinated with the UK base at Enstone, Oxfordshire where the chassis are designed and built.

The Renault cars’ engines are manufactured at its facility at Viry-Chatillion, outside Paris. Currently Renault F1 looks after the team’s Formula One races while the other races are managed by Renault Sport division.

The Renault F1 team considers each lap as a learning experience. As such, the critical data collected by car’s information management system helps the designers to get valuable feedback on their car’s performance. They use the new high-tech car analysis system to gather, analyze and access information from the different sensors. The data is transferred using a radio connection. This helps to make maximum use of collected data. At its heart is the X-Hive/DB, a native XML database from X-Hive Corporation. All this goes to prove why they are the best in the race!