Renault started to manufacture engines at its Viry base in 1976 ahead of the factory squad’s F1 debut the following year with the RS01. The car was famous for featuring F1’s first-ever ...

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, the man who raced Renault’s first Formula 1 car, will take to the street circuit on Friday 26th May in that very car, the RS01. Jabouille will be joined on track by four ...

UPDATE 3/17/25: This story has been updated to incorporate new information regarding the Renault 5 3E's production and performance figures. The Renault 5 E-Tech, an electric hatchback for the ...

It remains the firm’s only victory at Le Mans. Renault debuted its turbocharged RS01 at the British Grand Prix in 1977, but it was 1979 before Jean-Pierre Jabouille drove it to its first Formula ...