Rogue Profile of Renault

Overview

Name	Renault
Country	France
Active	1977 – 2011
Races	304
Wins	35
Poles	51
Championships	2

Rogue Points	40
All time ranking	9
Rogue Race Wins	1 wins 2011 – Hungarian Grand Prix
Rogue Championship Wins	0 wins

Rogue data from Renault

Who?	Points	Action	Lap
2002 – Malaysian Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	4 pts	The suspension problem that cost Button third position. Over the last two laps Button was slowing, slowing due to a suspension problem with his Renault. Going so slowly that a Jaguar could pass. If a Jaguar could pass, Michael Schumacher surely could. Schumacher did get past, robbing the young button of the final podium position on the final lap. “An excellent race for me, in spite of the problem at the end. I drove very consistently, pushing hard all the way through, although the Williams and Ferraris were clearly quicker than us,” Button said. “After Montoya’s second stop, I decided it was safer to let him past as his straight-line speed was much better and Michael was a long way behind. After that, everything was looking good until I felt a problem with the suspension two laps from the end, and the car began running on three wheels. Obviously, I’m disappointed for myself and the team not to get our first podium, but it’s still a good result.”
2002 – Spanish Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	1 pts	The hydraulic problem on Button?s car that forced him out of the race on lap sixty. On lap sixty Button’s Renault dismal run came to an end. After battling a handling problem that was an artefact of touching Coulthard’s McLaren earlier in the race Button fell down the order. His run was at an end when a problem with his Renault’s hydraulics forced him to retire form the race.
2002 – Austrian Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	1 pts	The fuel pressure problem that put Trulli out of the race on lap forty-five. Trulli had barely finished a race for Renault and this was a trend that was set to continue at the Austrian Grand Prix. Trulli’s race ended on lap forty-five, ten laps after half distance. He pulled his Renault off the track in indignant fashion after the car had begun to experience fuel pressure problems. “Following a good start, I was lucky to avoid a number of incidents at the first two corners. After that, I was running well just behind McNish. Our strategy meant I gained a number of places when I stopped, and everything was going well after that,” Trulli explained. “I was fighting with Fisichella and Coulthard – I’d even say I was a little bit quicker. Then I simply lost fuel pressure and had to retire.”
Renault	1 pts	Hitting out at Ferrari after they forced Barrichello to surrender his race win to Schumacher in the interests of the team. In the aftermath of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix Renault boss, Flavio Briatore hit out at Ferrari after they ordered Rubens Barrichello to sacrifice the race win he had earned to Michael Schumacher. This was devised as a move to help Schumacher win the driver’s championship for the good of the team. In reality the 2002 Ferrari was a second a lap faster than another car and as such Schumacher’s only real competition for 2002 would come from his teammate, but this would not be allowed by the team. “The sport of motor-racing is more important than Ferrari,” furious Briatore said. “We can live without them. What happened here today is totally unacceptable. Ferrari took the spectators for imbeciles and manipulated the result. I hope the international governing body won’t let this pass without doing anything. If that happened it would mean Ferrari are running Formula One.”
2002 – Monaco Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	1 pts	The missing seals on Trulli?s gearbox. Hours after the chequered flag had been waved and David Coulthard won it was announced that Renault’s Jarno Trulli could be disqualified from the 2002 Monaco Grand Prix. Missing seals on the Italian’s gearbox prompted an official inquiry, Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, announced after the race on Sunday. By finishing a superb fourth around the streets of Monte Carlo, Trulli would have to wait to before his result was confirmed.
2002 – Canadian Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	1 pts	Trulli?s ?unspecified technical problem? that prevented him taking to the track on Friday afternoon. Jarno Trulli lost the entire second Friday session due to an unspecified technical problem. This was to prove to be problematic as the lack of track time for both drivers (Button’s car required an engine change between the two sessions,) went some way to explain why Renault were falling down the field. “It wasn’t a good day for me. At this type of track, which improves significantly throughout the day, it is important to be running during the afternoon, which I obviously didn’t manage to do,” Trulli explained. “The car was behaving fairly well, but I couldn’t make the changes I had wanted to during the second session. I hope tomorrow will be better for us.”
2002 – British Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	7 pts	Pitting both Trulli and Button for wet weather tyres on lap twenty-five just before the rain started to fall again. On lap twenty-five Renault followed McLaren’s lead and called both of their drivers into the pits to take on dry weather tyres. Unfortunately for Renault, it proved to be a case of the blind following the blind as both drivers were required to stop after completing a handful of laps when the rain began to fall on lap twenty-six. They were both back in the pits on lap twenty-seven, both men taking intermediate tyres.
Renault	7 pts	The gearbox problem that ended Trulli?s race on lap thirty. Trulli’s miserable race came to a premature conclusion on lap thirty when he pulled his Renault to the side of the track after it’s gearbox developed a problem that saw it changing down gears of it’s own accord. “It was a tough race! As the lights went out, I made a good start, but was blocked by the McLarens and couldn’t make up any positions. I then changed to wets but from then on, the electronic problems started: the car lacked traction, and the gearbox started downshifting on its own,” Jarno explained. “I was losing so much time that all I could do was retire. It’s a shame, because I was third after my first stop, even if we were less competitive in the changing conditions.”
Renault	7 pts	The wheel vibration that led to button?s retirement from the race on lap fifty-four. At the end of lap fifty-four Button pulled into the pits to have a loose left-front wheel checked. His team did not think it would have been worth him finishing the race and he reluctantly climbed out of his car. “I was pretty happy at the end of the first lap, making up four places at the start! Everything was working well at that point, even though I was struggling a little with understeer in the dry, we didn’t quite get on top of the problem all weekend,” he explained. “At the first stop, I had to wait for Jarno to finish, which obviously cost me time. Afterwards, the car wasn’t too bad in the wet, but the Bridgestones were simply flying. It then got harder and harder as the track began to dry. At the end, I noticed that the front left wheel was starting to move about. I must thank the team for their reactiveness at the stops, they had to work hard today! It’s obviously not the result I had hoped for at Silverstone, but at least it was exciting for the crowd!”
2002 – French Grand Prix
Misc
Renault	1 pts	Sacking Jenson Button. Renault took the decision of announcing their driver-line up for 2003 at The French Grand Prix. It was announced that button would be replaced by Fernando Alonso for 2003. Button had been consistently out-performing his teammate, Jarno Trulli all season and the decision left a sour taste in button’s mouth. In reality, Renault are working towards winning the Championship in 2005 and Button was still under long-term contact to Williams and his future with the team may not have been as long term as team boss, Flavio Briatore would have liked but he resolutely backed Alonso. “This season we have been very lucky to have three of the best current F1 drivers in the team. Unfortunately we cannot keep all of them and a decision had to be taken,” commented Flavio Briatore. “Fernando has done an excellent job behind the scenes, impressing the team. He is ready to drive next year. I am sorry to see Jenson go, as he has done a superb job for us this season. I have no doubt he has a brilliant future ahead of him in Formula One. On behalf of the whole team I would like to thank him for the commitment he has shown so far and, I am sure, will continue to show until the end of the season.”
2003 – Malaysian Grand Prix
Race
Renault	1 pts	Trulli’s electronics problem that resulted in his botched lap 36 pit stop Trulli lost a more time in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix when an electronics problem during his final pitstop closed his Renault’s fuel filler cap. "Honestly I think we missed a good opportunity today," he said. "Everything was going smoothly but then Michael pushed me out. He eventually apologised but at that point, my race had been spoiled. I incurred in other problems, such as a long pitstop and I had to fight till the end to keep my position. Certainly my fifth place brings some more points to myself and the team, however, I am disappointed because I feel I could have done better."
2003 – Brazilian Grand Prix
Race
Renault	1 pts	Alonso and Trulli’s botched lap 19 pit stops After Firman’s accident on lap eighteen, it was an obvious time to pit, as the safety car would be out for extended duty. Both Renault drivers arrived at the pit together and Trulli had to queue behind Alonso. If that was not bad enough things got worse for the Italian when the mechanics had problems fitted his right rear wheel. He had to count himself lucky, the team had mistakenly fitted dry weather tyres to Alonso’s car and given that the track was awash, he had to pit the next lap to receive the prescribed set of intermediates.
2011 – Hungarian Grand Prix
Race
Renault	3 pts	A slow stop meant Petrov was unable to get away in the usual amount of time.	15
Renault	3 pts	Whilst pitting Heidfeld’s car, one of the rear wheels proved sticky to change. This delay caused the fragile Renault to catch fire in the side pods where the exhausts exit the car. Heidfeld left the pits, dropping pieces of burning carbon fiber as he went. He exiting the pits and immediately pulled over and left the car in a hurry as the flames, no longer suppressed by forward motion of the car, licked around the cockpit of the Renault. The fire quickly engulfed the side of the car and as the marshals dowsed the flames a small explosion tore the side out of the car sending debris over the track and hitting a marshal in the leg (who was OK). The explosion was most likely caused by the defragmentation of the Nitrogen cylinder which is used to provide pneumatic pressure that keeps the valves pressed open against the cam in the engine (http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/). Normally this cylinder is stored with the driver to keep it away from the engine but no regulation exists to ensure that must be the case.	25
2011 – Singapore Grand Prix
Race
Renault	1 pts	Renault were fined for misinforming Senna about his position relative to the other drivers on the track. Senna was informed by his team that Perez, the car in front of him, was on the same lap. Perez, however, was a lap in front. Senna tried to overtake and had contact with Perez.	61