Renault RE50
mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | |||||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland, with Renault casing 5-speed manual | ||||||||||
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| Weight | 540 kg (1,190.5 lb) | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Elf | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Michelin | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Equipe Renault Elf | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 15.  Patrick Tambay16.  Derek Warwick33. Philippe Streiff | ||||||||||
| Debut | 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
The Renault RE50 was the Formula One racing car with which the factory Renault team competed in the 1984 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Frenchman Patrick Tambay and Briton Derek Warwick, who joined the team from Ferrari and Toleman respectively; a third car was entered at the final race of the year in Portugal for test driver Philippe Streiff. The car's best results were three second-place and two third-place finishes, making it the first factory Renault not to win a Grand Prix in a season since the RS01 in 1978.[2]
The car was expected to be as competitive in the hands of two-time Grands Prix winner Tambay and the highly rated Warwick as the
Over the season, Warwick achieved five points finishes (two second places, two thirds and a fourth) and Tambay four (one second place, two fifths and a sixth). Warwick finished seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 23 points while Tambay finished eleventh with 11; the combined 34 points placed Renault fifth in the Constructors' Championship. Additionally, both drivers set one fastest race lap each, while Tambay took the team's only pole position of the season at their home race in France, leading over half the race before finishing second behind the McLaren-TAG of eventual World Champion Niki Lauda.
The RE50 was replaced for 1985 by the RE60.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts. | WCC |
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| 1984 | Equipe Renault Elf
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M | BRA | RSA | BEL | SMR | FRA | MON | CAN | DET | DAL | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | EUR | POR | 34 | 5th | ||
| Patrick Tambay | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | WD | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | ||||||
| Derek Warwick | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | ||||||
| Philippe Streiff | Ret |
References
- ^ "STATS F1 • Renault RE50". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ISBN 978-1-8458-4177-5. Retrieved 28 December 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "In the hot seat - Derek Warwick". Motor Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
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