Renault in Formula One

Renault

Full name	Renault Formula 1 Team
Base	Viry-Châtillon, Essonne, France (1977–1985) Enstone, Oxfordshire, England, UK (2002–2011, 2016–2020)[N 1]
Noted staff	Bernard Dudot Jean Sage Patrick Faure Bob Bell Éric Boullier Alain Dassas Alan Permane James Allison Flavio Briatore Mike Gascoyne John Iley Steve Nielsen Pat Symonds Dino Toso Dirk de Beer Frédéric Vasseur Rob White Cyril Abiteboul
Noted drivers	Fernando Alonso Alain Prost René Arnoux Giancarlo Fisichella Jean-Pierre Jabouille Jarno Trulli
Previous name	Benetton Formula (1986–2001) Lotus F1 Team (2012–2015)
Next name	Alpine F1 Team
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1977 British Grand Prix
Last entry	2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Races entered	403 (400 starts)
Engines	Renault
Constructors' Championships	2 (2005, 2006)
Drivers' Championships	2 (2005, 2006)
Race victories	35
Podiums	103
Points	1777
Pole positions	51
Fastest laps	33

Renault, a French automobile manufacturer, has been associated with Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1977.^[1] In 1977, the company entered Formula One as a constructor, introducing the turbo engine to Formula One with its EF1 engine. In 1983, Renault began supplying engines to other teams.^[2] Although the Renault team had won races, it withdrew at the end of 1985.^[3] Renault engines continued to be raced until 1986.

Renault returned to Formula One in 1989 as an engine manufacturer. It won five drivers' titles and six constructors' titles between 1992 and 1997 with Williams and Benetton, before ending its works involvement after 1997, though their engines continued to be used without works backing until 2000.

In 2000, Renault acquired the Enstone-based Benetton Formula team (formerly Toleman).^[4] Renault became a works engine manufacturer again in 2001, and in 2002 the Enstone-based team was re-branded as Renault. The team won the drivers' and constructors' championships in 2005 and 2006.^[5]

By 2011, Renault had sold its shares in the Enstone-based team, though it continued to use the Renault chassis name in 2011.^[6] Renault remained in the sport as an engine manufacturer, winning four drivers' and constructors' titles with Red Bull Racing in 2010–2013.

The company bought the Enstone-based team again in 2016 and re-branded it as Renault.^[7] The team didn't win in the following five seasons and was re-branded as Alpine in 2021 with the Renault marque remaining as engine manufacturer.^[8]

As a team owner, Renault has won two constructors' and drivers' championships, while as an engine manufacturer it has 12 constructors' and 11 drivers' championships. It has collected over 160 wins as engine supplier, ranking fourth in Formula One history.^[9]

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