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The logo used by Renault Sport F1, the official supplier of Renault Formula One engines, between 2011 and 2015 At the end of 2010, when Renault sold their remaining stake in the Enstone-based Formula One team, the engine operations at Viry-Châtillon were formed into a subsidiary known as Renault Sport F1.
Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered ...
In 2011, Lotus Cars came on board as a sponsor, and the team's name changed to Lotus Renault GP, though still racing as just "Renault" for that season. [19] By 2012, Genii Capital had a majority stake in the team, and from 2012 until 2015 the team's name was Lotus F1 Team , after its branding partner, and it raced as "Lotus".
However, following the "Crashgate" scandal, Briatore and Symonds were forced to leave the team, [15] and several Renault sponsors cut ties with Enstone. [39] Revenue fell by forty-nine percent in 2010, with the loss of £41m/year title sponsor ING single-handedly plunging the team into the red. [40] In addition, Alonso left for Ferrari. [40]
Lotus F1 Team was a British Formula One racing team. The team competed under the Lotus name from 2012 until 2015, following the renaming of the former Renault team based at Enstone in Oxfordshire. The Lotus F1 Team was majority owned by Genii Capital. [1] [2] Lotus F1 was named after its branding partner Group Lotus. The team achieved a race ...
The Renault F1 Team would go on to win the drivers' and constructors' championships in both 2005 and 2006 with Fernando Alonso. The team was sold off and became Lotus F1 Team in 2012. Renault re-purchased the team and was rebranded it Renault Sport Formula One Team in 2016, then becoming Alpine in 2021. The team continues to operate from the ...
On 8 December 2010, Group Lotus announced that they had bought a stake in Renault F1 and had agreed to become title sponsor, with the French car maker retiring to the role of engine supplier. The team would be known as "Lotus Renault GP", creating a unique situation whereby the 2011 Formula One grid would see two teams known as Lotus and ...
The Renault R25 was the Formula One car entered by Renault in the 2005 season. The chassis was designed by Bob Bell , James Allison , Tim Densham and Dino Toso with Pat Symonds overseeing the design and production of the car as executive director of Engineering and Bernard Dudot leading the engine design.