renault

Base: Enstone, UK Drivers: G Fisichella H Kovalainen Test Drivers: R Zonta N Piquet Chassis: R27 Engine: RS27 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza First Season: 1977 World Championships: 2 Highest race finish: 1 (x33) Pole Positions: 50 Fastest Laps: 27

2006	Win seven of first nine races, then lose ground to Ferrari in second half of season after controversial mass-damper system declared illegal. Nevertheless hold on to retain both drivers' and constructors' titles, before Fernando Alonso departs for McLaren.
2005	Dominate early part of season and go on to win both titles, despite superior pace of McLaren in later races. Fernando Alonso crowned youngest-ever champion, while Renault become first mainstream automaker to take constructors' honours.
2004	Win the Monaco Grand Prix with Jarno Trulli, but then part company with the Italian with three races to go after a run of poor performances. Draft in Jacques Villeneuve as his replacement. Not enough to prevent BAR edging them for second in the championship.
2003	Emerge as a regular, if not quite constant, threat to the big three teams. Fernando Alonso takes two pole positions, plus victory in Hungary. Finish a lonely fourth in the constructors' championship.
2002	Enjoy a strong debut season with a run of points finishes giving them fourth place in the constructors' championship.
2000	Benetton team announce they will become the official Renault works squad from 2002.
1996	After success as an engine supplier, Renault decide to withdraw from the sport again, although the company begins negotiations to buy-out an existing team.
1992	Renault engines dominate the championships of the mid 1990s, powering Williams and Benetton to all constructors' championships between 1992 and 1997.
1989	Renault returns as an engine supplier with the Williams team.
1986	Renault withdraw fully from Formula One racing.
1985	The team withdraw from the sport as a manufacturer, but still supply engines to Lotus.
1983	Alain Prost takes four wins and the team finish second in the constructors' championship.
1982	Renault hire Alain Prost to drive for the team.
1979	Jean Pierre Jabouille scores Renault's - and the turbocharger's - first win at the French Grand Prix, and team mate Rene Arnoux finishes third. Team finish the season sixth in the constructors' championship.
1978	Jabouille manages fourth place in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, giving the team their only points of the season.
1977	Renault make their debut at the British Grand Prix, entering a single car driven by Jean Pierre Jabouille. The team enter another four Grands Prix that season, but score no points.