Renault’s Vitaly Petrov has been given a reprimand and a five-place grid drop for the Indian Grand Prix, after he ploughed into the back of Michael Schumacher at today’s Korean Grand Prix. “I tried to defend my position from Fernando but I was in the braking zone on the dirty side of the track which [...]

Guest writer James Stock pens his first post looking at how Renault have fallen from double world champions in 2006 to the sticky situation they find themselves in today…

Renault’s Nick Heidfeld has said that he is ‘frustrated’ with the traffic towards the end of Q2. The German was only planning on doing a single lap to try and get into the pole-position shootout, but this strategy was ruined when his teammate Vitaly Petrov stopped out on track, leading to red flags and a [...]

Lotus Renault GP have announced that F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld will replace the injured Robert Kubica, with the German commencing at this week’s Barcelona test. The 33-year-old impressed in the R31, finishing fastest on day two at Jerez, and has been given the chance to race again, despite suggestions in the media that Kubica himself [...]

Lotus Renault GP’s Robert Kubica has reportedly suffered an accident during practice for the Rally Ronde di Andora. Kubica was driving a Skoda Fabia S2000 and hit a barrier on his side, sustaining ‘serious’ injuries. He was taken to nearby Savona by helicopter after being cut free from the car. Renault have released the following [...]

Aside from having the best livery of cars revealed so far, Lotus Renault GP have a clever exhaust system which is getting the F1 technical geeks rather excited; the Front Exit Exhaust (FEE). Last year the teams ran with a ‘blown diffuser’, whereby the exhaust gases were blown over the top of the rear diffuser, [...]

Former Formula 1 drivers Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean are Lotus Renault’s third drivers for 2011, with Ho-Pin Tung, Jan Charouz, and former Lotus third driver Fairuz Fauzy as reserve drivers for the Enstone-based outfit. Bruno Senna is the driver who will be called upon first, should either Robert Kubica or Vitaly Petrov be unable [...]

Lotus Renault revealed their new R31 this morning, in the John Player Special-style black and gold livery. They also revealed that Bruno Senna will be their reserve driver for the upcoming season. Pictures of the new car being launched at the Valencia circuit ahead of tomorrow’s first pre-season test are below. Robert Kubica and Vitaly [...]

Russian Vitaly Petrov will continue to drive for Renault through to 2012, continuing alongside Robert Kubica for the next two seasons. Petrov made his debut season in 2010 for the Enstone-based outfit, which will be rebranded Lotus Renault GP next year. He commented: “I am very happy to continue with the team and proud to [...]

Renault will run in a JPS livery in 2011, with their official title being Lotus-Renault GP, after Genii Capital and Group Lotus plc today announced the amalgamation. This news means that there will be two ‘Lotus’ teams in the grid in 2011, with both running the classic black and gold livery! Lotus Racing have been [...]