| Year |
Activity |
Chassis |
Engine |
Driver (s) |
| 1997 |
Renault enters F1 for the first time with Jean-Pierre Jabouille as lead driver. The team makes its debut at the British Grand Prix. It enters a further three GPs that year. |
Renault RS01 |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
| 1978 |
The team enters 14 GPs with Jabouille. It makes solid progress, qualifying 3rd in Austria and finishing 4th in the USA GP |
Renault RS01 |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
| 1979 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux compete in the first full season for Renault. Reliability is better and the team secures its first pole in South Africa and first win at the French Grand Prix. |
Renault RS01 / RS10 |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Rene Arnoux
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| 1980 |
Jabouille and Arnoux secure wins in Brazil, South Africa and Austria, and earn four pole positions. |
Renault RE20 |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
René Arnoux
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| 1981 |
Alain Prost joins Arnoux. Prost wins three GPs and finishes fourth in the championship, while Arnoux takes one win. Between them they secure six pole positions. |
Renault RE20B |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
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| 1982 |
Prost wins the first two races of the season and Arnoux adds two further successes. The speed of the car is obvious as the RE30B starts from pole in 10 of the 16 races. |
Renault RE30B |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
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| 1983 |
Renault’s strongest season yet. The team finishes second in the championship, with Prost missing out on the title by just two points after winning four times. |
Renault RE40 |
1.5l V6 turbo |
Alain Prost
Eddie Cheever
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| 1984 |
Renault branches out into engine supply, teaming up with Team Lotus. Between Lotus and works team the Renault engine starts from pole on three occasions but fails to win a race. De Angelis finishes the drivers’ championship in third and Lotus is third in the constructors’. |
Renault RE50
Lotus 95T
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1.5l V6 turbo |
Patrick Tambay (Renault)
Derek Warwick (Renault)
Philippe Streiff (Renault)
Elio de Angelis (Lotus)
Nigel Mansell (Lotus)
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| 1985 |
In addition to Lotus, Renault also supplies engines to the Ligier team. Senna and de Angelis win three races to finish fourth and fifth in the championship. Ligier finishes sixth but the works’ team concludes the year in seventh. It is announced that Renault will refocus activities on engine supply for the following year. |
Renault RE60 / RE60B |
1.5l V6 turbo |
François Hesnault (Renault)
Patrick Tambay (Renault)
Derek Warwick (Renault)
Elio de Angelis (Lotus)
Ayrton Senna (Lotus)
Andrea de Cesaris (Ligier)
Jacques Laffite (Ligier)
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| 1986 |
Renault supplies Lotus, Ligier and Tyrrell. Senna wins two races and starts from pole on eight occasions. |
Lotus 98T
Ligier JS27
Tyrrell 014
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1.5l V6 turbo |
Johnny Dumfries (Lotus)
Ayrton Senna (Lotus)
René Arnoux (Ligier)
Jacques Laffite (Ligier)
Philippe Alliot (Ligier)
Martin Brundle (Tyrrell)
Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell)
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| 1987 |
No formal Renault engine activity. |
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| 1988 |
In June a deal is signed with Williams for the 1989 season. |
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| 1989 |
The Williams-Renault partnership hits the track. Thierry Boutsen wins wet races in Canada and Australia. |
Williams FW12 / FW12B |
3.5l V10 |
Thierry Boutsen
Riccardo Patrese
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| 1990 |
Two wins and a first pole position show that the Williams-Renault partnership has potential. |
Williams FW13 / FW13B |
3.5l V10 |
Thierry Boutsen
Riccardo Patrese
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| 1991 |
Mansell joins Patrese and the duo rack up seven wins and finish in second and third respectively in the drivers’ championship. Williams finishes second in the constructors’ table. |
Williams FW14 |
3.5l V10 |
Nigel Mansell
Riccardo Patrese
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| 1992 |
Williams-Renault and Nigel Mansell emerge as the dominant force. Mansell wins the first five races and secures the title at the mid-season Hungarian Grand Prix. By the end of the season, the FW14B has won 10 of the 16 GPs. |
Williams FW14B |
3.5l V10 |
Nigel Mansell
Riccardo Patrese
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| 1993 |
Prost replaces Mansell and Williams remains the team to beat. The Frenchman wins seven races, with newcomer Damon Hill winning a further three. Williams-Renault secures 24 consecutive pole positions from 1992 to 1993. |
Williams FW15C |
3.5l V10 |
Alain Prost
Damon Hill
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| 1994 |
Williams-Renault secures the constructors’ title and Hill finishes a close runner-up in the drivers’ race to Schumacher, but the year is marked by the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola. Mansell returns to lift morale and wins one race, while Hill takes six wins. |
Williams FW16 / FW16B |
3.5l V10 |
Damon Hill
Nigel Mansell
David Coulthard
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| 1995 |
Renault supplies Benetton in addition to Williams and its engines win 16 of the 17 races and take 16 pole positions. Hill and Schumacher wrestle for the title, with the German emerging victorious. Benetton-Renault wins the constructors’ title at the first attempt. |
Benetton B195
Williams FW17
Williams FW17B
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3.5l V10 |
Damon Hill (Williams)
David Coulthard (Williams)
Michael Schumacher (Benetton)
Johnny Herbert (Benetton)
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| 1996 |
Williams returns to winning form and Hill finally takes the title with eight wins. Newcomer Jacques Villeneuve adds another four wins to the total, while Benetton finishes third in the constructors’ title with one win. |
Williams FW18
Benetton B196
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3.5l V10 |
Damon Hill (Williams)
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)
Jean Alesi (Benetton)
Gerhard Berger (Benetton)
Alexander Wurz (Benetton)
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| 1997 |
Villeneuve leads the Williams team following the departure of Hill and wins the championship in a dramatic finale at Jerez, having taken six victories. New team mate Frentzen scores his first win, while Gerhard Berger adds a single success for Benetton. Renault withdraws from official engine supply at the end of the year. |
Williams FW19
Benetton B197
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3.5l V10 |
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams)
Jean Alesi (Benetton)
Gerhard Berger (Benetton)
Alexander Wurz (Benetton)
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| 1998 |
Renault does not officially compete in the championship however Mecachrome and Playlife use the basic engine model to supply Williams and Benetton respectively. |
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| 1999 |
The Mecachrome engine is rebadged as Supertec, and supply continues to Williams. Benetton uses Playlife for a second season. |
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| 2000 |
Benetton continues to use the Playlife engine while Arrows picks up the Supertec deal following Williams’ switch to BMW. |
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| 2001 |
The Renault name returns to F1 following the conclusion of a deal to purchase the Benetton team, but initially the chassis name is unchanged. |
Benetton B201 |
3.0l V10 |
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jenson Button
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| 2002 |
Benetton is reborn as the Renault F1 Team, and the outfit shows good progress as it finishes fourth in the championship. |
Renault R202 |
3.0l V10 |
Jarno Trulli
Jenson Button
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| 2003 |
The team takes its first victory under the Renault name when Fernando Alonso wins from pole in Hungary. The Spaniard also takes pole in Malaysia as the team again finishes fourth in the championship. |
Renault R23 |
3.0l V10 |
Jarno Trulli
Fernando Alonso |
| 2004 |
The team finishes third in the championship, with Trulli winning the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix. |
Renault R24 |
3.0l V10 |
Jarno Trulli
Jacques Villeneuve
Fernando Alonso
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| 2005 |
Alonso wins seven races and at the final race in Brazil he secures the World Championship. Fisichella also wins one race and helps Renault to its first constructors’ title. |
Renault R25 |
3.0l V10 |
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 2006 |
Using the new Renault V8 engine Alonso wins seven races and takes his second championship. A win Fisichella helps Renault to successfully defend its constructors’ title. |
Renault RS26 |
2.4l V8 |
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 2007 |
Renault teams up with Red Bull Racing. Engine specifications are frozen, restricting developments and performance gains. |
Renault R27
Red Bull RB3
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2.4l V8 |
Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
Mark Webber (RBR)
David Coulthard (RBR)
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| 2008 |
Alonso returns to Renault, winning two races. The team finishes the year in fourth. The Red Bull partnership ends the year strongly. |
Renault R28
Red Bull RB4
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2.4l V8 |
Fernando Alonso (Renault)
Nelson Piquet (Renault)
Mark Webber (RBR)
David Coulthard (RBR)
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| 2009 |
Red Bull Racing-Renault scores its first win and pole at the Chinese Grand Prix and finishes the year in second following a further five wins. Alonso takes one pole position, but does not win a race. |
Renault R29
Red Bull RB5
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2.4l V8 |
Fernando Alonso (Renault)
Nelson Piquet (Renault)
Romain Grosjean (Renault)
Mark Webber (RBR)
Sebastian Vettel (RBR)
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| 2010 |
Renault announces the partial sale of the team to Genii Capital but continues to compete under the Renault F1 Team banner. Red Bull emerges as the dominant team of the season, but the title goes down to the final race. Vettel is crowned champion and the team secures its first constructors’ championship. |
Renault R30
Red Bull RB6
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2.4l V8 |
Robert Kubica (Renault)
Vitaly Petrov (Renault)
Mark Webber (RBR)
Sebastian Vettel (RBR)
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| 2011 |
Renault refocuses activities around engine supply and creates Renault Sport F1. Team Lotus joins the Renault fold. Red Bull Racing wins back to back titles and Vettel becomes the youngest-ever double world champion. The Renault team competes as Lotus Renault GP following the complete sale of the team and secures two podiums. Team Lotus finishes tenth. |
Renault R31
Red Bull RB7
Lotus T128
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2.4l V8 |
Vitaly Petrov (LRGP)
Nick Heidfeld (LRGP)
Bruno Senna (LRGP)
Mark Webber (RBR)
Sebastian Vettel (RBR)
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus)
Jarno Trulli (Lotus)
Karun Chandhok (Lotus)
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| 2012 |
Williams becomes Renault’s fourth team in the championship, reviving the historic partnership. Lotus is rebadged as Caterham while LRGP becomes Lotus F1 Team. |
Lotus E20
Red Bull RB8
Caterham CT01
Williams FW34
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2.4l V8 |
Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
Mark Webber (RBR)
Sebastian Vettel (RBR)
Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham)
Jarno Trulli (Caterham)
Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
Bruno Senna (Williams)
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