ING Renault F1 Team

10th anniversary of the site

June 15, 2008 -- More than 50,000 people attended the Renault Roadshow of June 15, which took place at the Technocentre (in Guyancourt, near Paris). This event, the most popular of its kind ever organized in France, took place in a family atmosphere. Fernando Alonso, ING Renault F1 Team driver, gave a demonstration at the wheel of a Formula 1 car.

ING Renault F1 Team Driver Fernando Alonso

March 4, 2008 -- On 31 January 2008 next to Paris, the ING Renault F1 Team officially launched its season as it revealed the brand new Renault F1 R28 and its driver line-up: Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet. The team announced its determination to return to the front of the F1 field in 2008.

The launch ceremony, which took place last 31 January at Renault Square Com, the brand’s communications centre in Boulogne-Billancourt (France), was attended by Renault President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, along with 500 media from around the world.