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 ...

Arguably the British GP weekend would be a more fitting location, because it was at the Silverstone F1 race in 1977 that Jabouille raced the RS01. Although we imagine Renault would argue that ...

The Renault RS01, with its little 1.5-litre ... the last of those introducing radial construction to F1. Many in F1 laughed when the RS01 first appeared. Ken Tyrrell called it a teapot because ...