Formula One

February 3, 2016

INFINITI’s Formula One involvement progresses

INFINITI's successful involvement in Formula One enters the next phase.

February 22, 2016

Q&A with Cyril Abiteboul, Renault Sport Racing Managing Director, on the upcoming F1 season

Managing Director Cyril Abiteboul ensures all aspects of Renault Sport Racing are structured, resourced and working to their optimum potential to deliver on their performance potential.

February 25, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team concludes 2016 pre-season testing in Barcelona

Kevin Magnussen concluded the final day of the first pre-season test for Renault Sport Formula One Team by completing a bumper 153 laps of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

March 4, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team complete 2016 Barcelona Test 2, Day Four

Jolyon Palmer completed the final day of pre-season testing for Renault Sport Formula One Team today with 90 laps behind the wheel of the R.S.16 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

March 15, 2016

Looking forward: A Q&A with Renault Sport Formula One Team driver Jolyon Palmer

Ahead of the 2016 Formula One season opener in Australia, we talk with Renault-Sport F1 driver Jolyon Palmer and get his take on the new Renault team and the upcoming F1 season opener.

March 16, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team unveils its definitive livery for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship

The Renault Sport Formula One Team debuted its distinctive yellow-gold and black colors in an event hosted in Docklands, Melbourne, in a highly unique way.

March 21, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team begins its Formula 1 journey with a solid debut

Renault Sport Formula One Team began its Formula 1 journey with a solid debut at Albert Park, as Jolyon Palmer led Kevin Magnussen across the line to finish just shy of the points. Jolyon drove a mature race despite it being his personal Grand Prix debut, ...

March 28, 2016

"Very encouraging" - A Q&A with Renault Sport Formula One Team Director Frédéric Vasseur

Vasseur: "It was a great feeling, and I would like to thank the team for the opportunity for a smooth, good weekend. At the end of the Grand Prix, I had the feeling that we had been working together for a long time. For sure we need to improve, and we know ...

April 3, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One team fights a tough Bahrain Grand Prix

Renault Sport Formula One team fought a tough Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix with Kevin Magnussen finishing in eleventh place and Jolyon Palmer failing to make the start. Kevin's race began from the pit lane due to a penalty incurred during practice on Friday ...

April 14, 2016

INFINITI offers top international engineering students the Formula One career opportunity of a lifetime

INFINITI's global search for the best up-and-coming student engineering talent begins its third successive year with the launch today of the 2016 INFINTI Engineering Academy. Students from all over the world have the chance to earn the career opportunity o ...

April 18, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team unable to move up the order in an action-packed Chinese Grand Prix

The Renault Sport Formula One Team was unable to move up the order in an action-packed 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix where both drivers finished the race, but finishing positions of 17th for Kevin Magnussen and 22nd for Jolyon Palmer illustrate ...

May 1, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team scores its first points of the 2016 Formula 1 season

Renault Sport Formula One Team scored its first points of the 2016 Formula 1 season after a strong and spirited drive from Kevin Magnussen to finish seventh in the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. Jolyon Palmer finished shy of the points, making f ...

May 10, 2016

Spanish Grand Prix preview: Q&As with Jolyon Palmer and Nick Chester

Jolyon Palmer makes his Formula 1 race debut for Renault Sport Formula One Team, after performing Third Driver duties for the previous Enstone iteration of Lotus F1 Team in 2015. He rose to Formula 1 on the back of his 2014 championship-winning GP2 season, ...

May 16, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team finishes a close-packed 13th and 14th in Spanish Grand Prix

Renault Sport Formula One Team finished a close-packed 13th and 14th in today’s Pirelli Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A different strategy was employed across the two cars, with Kevin Magnussen changing to a three-stop race and ...

May 29, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team suffers disappointing double retirement in Monaco

The Renault Sport Formula One Team suffered a disappointing double retirement from an eventful Monaco Grand Prix. Kevin Magnussen showed promising progress with an early swap to intermediate tires after a race start on full wet tires behind the safety car. ...

June 1, 2016

INFINITI offers top U.S. engineering students the Formula One ™ career opportunity of a lifetime

INFINITI's global search for the best up-and-coming student engineering talent began its third successive year with the launch of the 2016 INFINITI Engineering Academy. Students from all over the world have the chance to earn the career opportunity of a li ...

June 3, 2016

Magnussen magic for Montréal

After an inspired intermediate tire choice by Kevin Magnussen in Monaco didn’t bear the fruits it should have, thanks to the intervention of a rival driver, our Dane looks to Montréal to show what he has up his sleeves.

June 12, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team contests a hard-fought Canadian Grand Prix

Renault Sport Formula One Team contested a hard-fought Canadian Grand Prix with Kevin Magnussen finishing in sixteenth and Jolyon Palmer retiring due to a water leak. Kevin started from last position following yesterday’s liaison with the wall and ran to a ...

June 20, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team pushes all the way in the first-ever European Grand Prix

The Renault Sport Formula One Team pushed all the way in the first-ever European Grand Prix on the Baku City Circuit. Different tire strategies yielded similar results with Kevin Magnussen starting from the pit lane and stopping once to finish fourteenth w ...

June 27, 2016

'We should be more on it in Austria' – Q&As with Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen

After a tough weekend in Baku, Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen look forward to the challenges of the high-speed Red Bull Ring.

July 10, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team's British Grand Prix comes to frustrating end with double retirement

Renault Sport Formula One Team's British Grand Prix came to a frustrating end with a double retirement. Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen stopped on lap 38 and 50 respectively both with suspected gearbox problems. The mixed track conditions presented scant ...

July 24, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team makes great recovery from the back of the grid in a hot and fast-paced Hungarian Grand Prix

Renault Sport Formula One Team driver Jolyon Palmer was a half-spin away from his first Formula 1 points as both he and Kevin Magnussen moved up the order in a hot and fast-paced Hungarian Grand Prix.

August 24, 2016

The devil is in the detail: Q&As with Renault Sport F1 team principal Fred Vasseur and driver Jolyon Palmer

Renault Sport F1 team principal Fred Vasseur evaluates the good and the bad of Hockenheim and looks forward to the second part of the year, which starts in Spa-Francorchamps.

August 28, 2016

Renault Sport Formula One Team could not capitalize on its best-ever qualifying performance in the Belgian Grand Prix

The Renault Sport Formula One Team unfortunately could not capitalize on its best-ever qualifying performance in today's Belgian Grand Prix. Kevin Magnussen had lined up twelfth, just in front of Jolyon Palmer for the 44-lap race. After a strong start, Jol ...