Renault offers young engineers a chance to get ahead
We receive many messages asking, “How do I get a job in F1?” Renault has announced that it is expanding its intern programme, known as the Altran Engineering Academy, for this year and is offering a placement at the engine department at Viry as well as the team’s chassis HQ in Enstone.
Renault is keen to [...]
Renault adds to Russian flavour with Lada sponsorship
The Renault team’s strategy of pushing into Russia in search of commercial opportunity has yielded fruit with the signing of Lada as a sponsor for the team. This leads to the highly unusual situation of an F1 team displaying two car brands.
The deal was done with the blessing of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and [...]
Renault to announce F1 plans tomorrow
Renault has called a press conference in Paris tomorrow to announce its decision on Formula 1.
It seems that they may announce that the company has decided to sell a 75% shareholding in its Enstone operation to Gerard Lopez, the 37 year old internet entrepreneur who was the first investor in Skype. The deal entails Lopez [...]
Briatore determined to overturn FIA lifetime ban
Flavio Briatore was not present in court this week in Paris to hear the case from his lawyer as to why his lifetime ban from F1 should be overturned. The former Renault F1 team boss is also seeking damages of €1 million and his former executive director of engineering Pat Symonds is seeking €500,000 and [...]