Renault R29
Renault F1 Team | |||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 7.  Fernando Alonso8.  Nelson Piquet Jr.8.  Romain Grosjean | ||||||||||
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| Debut | 2009 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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The Renault R29 is a
Launch
The R29 was launched on 19 January 2009 at the
Testing
Initial testing was conducted at the Portimao circuit along with rivals
Season review
Coming off a resurgent second half of the previous year, the team expected to be fighting for both the drivers and constructors titles. Instead, the car proved to be disappointing. Fernando Alonso scored all of the team's 26 points. In the hands of either of Alonso's team mates, the car was often towards the back of the field with Nelson Piquet Jr. and Romain Grosjean often failing to reach Q2. Unlike many other 2009 cars that began the year uncompetitively, such as the McLaren MP4-24, the R29 showed no sign of improvement throughout the season, and arguably became less competitive over the course of the year, despite Alonso's third place in Singapore, which was Renault's only podium finish of the season.
Sponsorship
ING Group initially remained the team's primary sponsor, carrying over from 2008. However, in the wake of the Renault Formula One crash controversy, ING terminated their contract with immediate effect - the company had been due to end their sponsorship of the team after the season. Their logo on the car was simply replaced by the word Renault from the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix onwards. Despite this, the logo was still visible on the driver overalls and personnel uniform during the Singapore race, and from the next race in Japan, the team introduced a new uniform for the last three races of the season that removed both the logo and the orange accents from the design.
French oil company
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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B | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | TUR | GBR | GER | HUN | EUR | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | BRA | ABU | 26 | 8th | |
| Fernando Alonso | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 14 | ||||||
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | Ret | 15 | 16 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Romain Grosjean | 15 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 18 |
References
- ^ "Renault F1 R29 Technical Specifications". Renault F1 Team Official Website. Retrieved 2009-11-01. [dead link]
- ^ "Renault F1 RS27 Technical Specifications". Renault F1 Team Official Website. Retrieved 2009-11-01. [dead link]
- ^ "Renault and Williams debut new cars in Portugal". formula1.com. 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ "Renault unveil the new R29". autosport.com. 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ "R29 breaks cover in Portugal". ing-renaultf1.com. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ "F1 : Renault set to unveil the R29". F1-Live.com. 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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