You don’t have to be old to be an icon… The R25 proves this rule. The last Championship winner in the mighty V10 era, the Renault R25 raced in the 2005 season. Having abandoned development of the R24 partway through the 2004 season, Renault had a head start on developing the R25. Driven by a [...]

The Spanish round of the Formula 1 season is famous for aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades on the cars, and this year is no different. Here is what you need to know about who is bringing what to Barcelona. McLaren McLaren have been talking up their changes for Barcelona, and are optimistic that the front row [...]

The 24-year-old Swiss Romain Grosjean is hoping for a return to F1 in 2011, and hinting that Renault is his best hope. Grosjean replaced Nelson Piquet Jr at the French team in 2009 and unfortunately his time in Formula 1 is more remembered for crashes and spins. Grosjean explained: “I was in the wrong place [...]

Struggling for inspiration when voting for your driver of the day? Here are all your answers in the Chinese Grand Prix analysis! McLaren Jenson Button, P1 Lewis Hamilton, P2 What a great day for McLaren! Jenson Button’s smooth style worked perfectly to keep enough heat in the tyres, and enough tread on them. His strategy [...]

Robert Kubica’s potential was obvious in his debut season in 2007, and furthermore in 2008 when some were thinking he was going to win the championship! He collected his first win at the Canadian Grand Prix on his way to finishing 4th overall, but since then his BMW’s have not been as quick, and the [...]

Lewis Hamilton put in an undoubtedly great drive in the Malaysian Grand Prix, working his way up from P20 to P6, but there was one incident in particular Hamilton arguably shouldn’t be so proud of, when he veered from one side of the track to another to attempt to break the slipstream of Vitaly Petrov, [...]

Renault have had a disastrous couple of years in F1, but they are back with a new owner in Genii Capital, driver lineup in Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov, and team principal in Eric Bouiller. Will they fare any better? Renault R30 The Renault R30 looks great with it’s black and yellow livery, that harks [...]

Renault today confirmed an agreement that will see branding from Lada, Russia’s leading automotive marque, appear on the chassis of the Renault F1 Team R30 race cars during the 2010 season, and on the overalls of their 25-year-old Russian driver Vitaly Petrov. Renault F1 Team Chairman Gerard Lopez commented: “We are proud to announce this [...]