Renault unveils 2010 F1 car
Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 6 Comments »The wraps came off Renault's new R30 at Valenica overnight. It looks pretty much as expected, and this car marks the start of a new era for Renault. In 2010 the team starts under a radically revised ownership regime and ...
Renault R30 images leaked
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 1 Comment »There's only a few hours to go until the new Renault R30 is revealed to the public in Valencia, but, already images of the 2010 F1 racecar have been leaked. In actual fact, according to French website ToileF1, the pics ...
Mark Webber’s hot hatch test
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Ford, Formula 1, Renault, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »Mark Webber has spent some time on the off-season trying his hand as a motoring hack. At least, that's how it's been presented in UK daily newspaper the Telegraph. Given the icy conditions it was little more than a bit ...
Renaultsport Clio 197 takes on Bathurst 12 hour
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Renault | No Comments »Here at AUSmotive we like hot hatches, and the Renaultposrt Clio is one of the better ones around. So it waswelcome news to read that a privately entered Clio 197 will be taking part in the Armor All Bathurst 12 ...
Renault stay in F1, kind of
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 2 Comments »The Renault name will remain in Formula One into the 2010 season. However, as much as 75-80% of the operation will be sold to Luxembourg based company Genii Capital. According to a statement posted on the Renault F1 website (available after ...
VIDEO: I think I’m turning Japanese
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Audi, Honda, MINI, Mazda, Random videos, Renault | 3 Comments »If you're not familiar with the work of Japanese magazine crew Best Motoring you're about to see the hi jinx they get up to. They set to the track with a hero of hot hatches for a three lap shootout. ...
Prodrive linked to Renault F1 buyout
Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | No Comments »The Renault quitting F1 rumours first emerged around a month ago. But, then... silence. Until now. According to autosport.com Renault execs have been discussing the company's future in Formula One, with the very high possibility that the team will be ...
RUMOUR: Renault next to quit F1?
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 2 Comments »Is Renault the next manufacturer to pull out of Formula One? That's the story currently doing the rounds on the internetz. According to a report on Autocar.co.uk the Renault board is meeting in the next few hours to discuss its ...
Renault on Pole
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Formula 1, Renault | 2 Comments »Robert Kubica will be leaving the remnants of the BMW Sauber team to join the newly reformed Renault team in 2010. Team Principal, Bob Bell, said, “We are very excited to have signed Robert with the Renault F1 Team starting next ...
Terminator X sends Flav down
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 1 Comment »Documents released by the FIA reveal that a fourth Renault team member knew about "Crashgate" while the plans were being hatched. Previously, it was understood that only team boss Flavio Briatore, Executive Director Pat Symonds and Nelson Piquet Jr knew ...
F1 Crashgate farce gives Flav the…
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 6 Comments »That photo above is now the definitive image from Formula One's first night race. It is, of course, the wreckage of Nelson Piquet Jr's Renault, that we now know was deliberately driven into the concrete wall for the sole purpose ...
Nelson Piquet Jr statement to FIA
Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 4 Comments »If you follow F1 you've been following the race fixing charges against the Renault F1 team, which focus on Nelson Piquet Jr's crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. It is alleged the incident was premeditated and created to force a ...
Pace car
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Renault | No Comments »According to Renault UK, and most leading motoring press, that famous posterior is the only view of the Mégane R26.R that other manufacturers are seeing. With a press statement clearly aimed at unsettling the new Ford Focus RS, Renault are bragging ...
Don’t try this at home
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in Formula 1, News, Renault | 1 Comment »A publicity stunt has gone horribly wrong for Renault at Dubai Autodrome. A drag race bewteen a Renault R28 F1 car and a Ford GT40 ended abruptly when the driver of the F1 car lost control and smashed into the ...
DR TV - Hot hatch test
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Ford, Holden, Honda, MINI, Random videos, Renault, Subaru | 1 Comment »Six of the best hot hatches. An empty aerodrome all to yourself. How could you say no? Chris Harris from Drivers Republic certainly couldn't, and he took the opportunity to see what's what in the world of hot hatchery. The ...
