May 2006
31st may - Renault F1 Team: Barcelona Testing,
Day 1
After a damp start to the day in Spain, Giancarlo
and Heikki knuckled down to tyre testing for Silverstone during
this afternoon's running.
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30th may - An interview with Renault President
Carlos Ghosn
Renault President Carlos Ghosn met the press
on Sunday at the Monaco Grand Prix.
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28th may - Renault F1 Team: Monaco Race
This afternoon at the Monaco Grand Prix, Fernando
Alonso took his fourth win of the 2006 season with a measured,
mistake-free drive from pole position.
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27th may - Renault GP2 - Fastest lap for di
Grassi at Monaco
Lucas di Grassi had the consolation of setting
fastest lap after a frustrating GP2 race at Monaco.
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27th may - Renault F1 Team: Monaco Qualifying
The Renault F1 Team took second and fifth positions
this afternoon in qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix,
with Fernando Alonso leading team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella
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27th may - The Renault F1 Team expresses its
condolences to Michelin.
The Renault F1 Team last night learned with
great sadness of the death of Edouard Michelin. The team wishes
to express its sincerest condolences to his family, friends
and colleagues in this difficult time.
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26th may - Renault F1 Team Collection launched
in Monte-Carlo
The Renault F1 Team and Racing Blue are delighted
to announce the launch of the Renault F1 Team Collection,
a unique range of bespoke furniture and objets d'art.
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25th may - Renault F1 Team: Monaco Practice
On a circuit where grip levels are very low
on the first day of running, and where the tiniest error is
always extremely costly, both Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo
Fisichella dialled themselves into the twisting street circuit
quickly.
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23rd may - Renault F1 Team: World Team of the
Year
The Renault F1 Team took a significant honour
in world sport yesterday evening at the annual Laureus World
Sports Awards.
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22nd may - Renault F1 - Monaco Preview
Monaco is different to anywhere else, completely
different. First of all, we run a special set-up to cope with
the bumps and tight corners, so the car feels very different
and is quite hard to drive
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21st may - Renault F1 - Arriba Sevilla !
Fernando Alonso entertained more than a quarter
of a million people this afternoon in Seville – a record
for the Renault F1 Roadshow!
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19th may - The Renault F1 Roadshow set to take
Seville by storm
The World Champion team and driver will be in
action this Sunday in Seville, for a special motorsport celebration.
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18th may - Renault F1 - Paul Ricard Testing
The French team concluded today its three day
testing programme at Paul Ricard. After two days running on
Monaco configuration, the team worked today on Montreal configuration
with a 5,216 km-long track.
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17th may - Renault F1 - Paul Ricard Testing
The Renault F1 Team continued its development
programme today at Paul Ricard, which was still in Monaco
configuration.
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16th may - Renault F1 - Paul Ricard Testing
In the sunny climes of the south of France,
the Renault F1 Team today began a three day testing programme
at Paul Ricard circuit, with Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen
running in the R26 this week.
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15th may - Renault F1 - Barcelona Debrief
The Spanish Grand Prix weekend has only one
soundtrack. It is pretty repetitive, but sung with great passion:
"Aloooooonso", "Alooooooonso" cried the
130,000 fans packed into the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday,
as their favourite son stormed to victory
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14th may - Renault F1 - 100th win for Renault-Elf
The first victory for Renault-Elf dates back
to 1979 at the French GP. 27 years later, we have scored our
100th win together here in Barcelona, with the Renault F1
Team and its driver Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella.
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14th may - Renault F1 - Barcelona Race
The Renault F1 Team scored its second double
podium finish of the 2006 season this afternoon, as Fernando
Alonso won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position, while
team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella finished third.
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14th may - Renault GP2 - Mixed fortunes for
RDD boys in Barcelona
Lucas di Grassi and Jose Maria Lopez had mixed
fortunes in the Sunday GP2 sprint race at Barcelona, although
neither Renault Driver Development man made the points
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14th may - Renault F1 Team commits to Formula
1 beyond 2008
The Renault F1 Team today announced that it
has reinforced its commitment to Formula 1 beyond 2008.
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13th may - Renault GP2 - Disappointment for
RDD drivers at Barcelona
Renault Driver Development squad members Jose
Maria Lopez and Lucas di Grassi both endured what can only
be called ‘character building' days in the first GP2
race at Barcelona on Saturday
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13th may - Renault F1 - Barcelona Qualifying
The Renault F1 Team took first and second positions
on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix this afternoon, with
World Champion Fernando Alonso taking pole position at his
home race for the first time, ahead of team-mate Giancarlo
Fisichella.
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12th may - Renault F1 - Barcelona Practice
The Renault F1 Team today completed a trouble-free
opening day of practice at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya,
ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
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8th may - Renault F1 - Barcelona Preview
Fernando, what's your verdict on the
race in the Nürburgring?
FA: I am very happy. You know, when you are fighting for the
victory and get pole position, then of course you want to
win as well. But we did a good job.
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7th may - Renault F1 - European GP
The Renault F1 Team scored a strong double-points
finish this afternoon at the Nürburgring in the 2006
European Grand Prix.
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7th may - Renault GP2 - Lopez on the podium
at the Nurburgring
Renault Driver Development squad member Jose
Maria Lopez scored his first GP2 podium of the year with a
good drive to third place in the Sunday race at the Nurburgring.
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6th may - Renault GP2 - Nurburgring Qualifying
Jose Maria Lopez scored a good fourth place
in the Saturday GP2 race at the Nurburgring, despite struggling
with a difficult car.
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6th may - Renault F1 - Nurburgring Qualifying
It was a good lap, a very good lap" crackled
Fernando Alonso's radio this afternoon at the Nürburgring
as the Spaniard learned from his race engineer Rod Nelson
that he had secured his first pole position of the 2006 season
for tomorrow's European Grand Prix.
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5th may - Renault F1 - Nurburgring Practice
The Renault F1 Team began the European Grand
Prix weekend in its usual diligent fashion today at the Nürburgring,
with Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella finishing the
day in the top ten
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1st may - Renault F1 - Nurburgring Preview
Fernando, two wins and two second places, including
last race in Imola. Were you pleased after that result?
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