Renault RE50

The Renault RE50 was a Formula One car raced by the Renault team in the 1984 season. The car was driven by Frenchman Patrick Tambay, who joined the team from Ferrari, and Englishman Derek Warwick, who had joined the team after 3 seasons with Toleman. The best results were 3 second-place and 2 third-place finishes, making it the first factory Renault not to win a Grand Prix in a season since the RS01 in 1978.

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 RE40 had been when driven by Alain Prost to four wins in 1983. While the car was quick straight out of the box, it had a few problems that the team and drivers could not overcome. The Renault EF4 turbo engine was said to be powerful at 800 bhp (597 kW; 811 PS) but usually proved too thirsty for either driver to challenge for more than 2nd or 3rd place at most races. This proved to be the same problem for other Renault engined cars such as the Lotus 95T (which was designed by former Renault designer Gérard Ducarouge who had joined Lotus in 1984). In 1984 Formula One cars were restricted to a maximum of 220 litres of fuel per race with the re-fueling of 1983 now banned and the French team never got on top of that problem despite a new and exciting (for 1984) electronic fuel monitoring device. The other main problem was that the car's tub which was somewhat fragile, despite being made of carbon fibre which was stronger than the traditional aluminium. This fragility saw Warwick injuring his legs in crashes at both Dijon and Monaco, while Tambay suffered a broken left leg after crashing into Warwick's already crashed car at the first corner of the race in Monaco. Both drivers were injured as a result of their cars suspension arms punching through the carbon fibre monocoque.

Between them Tambay and Warwick (along with test driver Philippe Streiff in a one off drive at the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix) scored 34 points to give Renault 5th place in the constructors championship after finishing 2nd in 1983. Warwick led the way with 23 points (two 2nd's, two 3rd's and a 4th place) while Tambay scored 11 with a 2nd, two 5th's and a 6th place finish. Both drivers scored 1 fastest race lap while Tambay took the team's only pole position of 1984 at the French Grand Prix at Dijon where he led strongly for 48 laps before finishing 2nd behind the McLaren TAG-Porsche of Niki Lauda (would go on to win his third World Drivers' Championship, beating team mate Prost by just ½ a point). Fittingly, the French Grand Prix was also the last ever turbo pole for the Equipe Renault Elf Team.

The RE50 was replaced for 1985 with 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
1984	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault Gordini EF4 V6 tc	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	DNS	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.

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Renault in Formula One

Équipe Renault Elf (1977–1985)

Notable personnel Bernard Dudot Jean Sage Michel Tétu Notable drivers Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux Alain Prost Eddie Cheever Derek Warwick Patrick Tambay Formula One cars RS01 RS10 RE20 RE20B RE30 RE30B RE30C RE40 RE50 RE60 RE60B Related Renault Renault Sport

Renault F1 Team (2002–2010)

Notable personnel: Flavio Briatore; Pat Symonds; James Allison; Bob Bell; Steve Nielsen; Rob White; Patrick Faure; Dino Toso; Éric Boullier; Gérard Lopez

Notable drivers: Jarno Trulli; Giancarlo Fisichella; Heikki Kovalainen; Nelson Piquet, Jr.; Robert Kubica

World Champion(s): Fernando Alonso

Drivers' titles: 2005; 2006

Constructors' titles: 2005; 2006

Formula One cars: R202; R23; R24; R25; R26; R27; R28; R29; R30

Related: Renault; Renault Sport; RF1 Driver Programme

Lotus Renault GP (2011)

Notable personnel Éric Boullier James Allison Gérard Lopez Eric Lux Alan Permane Notable drivers Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov Bruno Senna Formula One cars R31 Related Genii Capital Group Lotus LRGP Academy Renault Sport F1

Renault Sport F1 Team (2016–)

Head management: Cyril Abiteboul (Managing Director); Carlos Ghosn (Group CEO); Jérôme Stoll (President); Frédéric Vasseur (Racing Director)

Personnel: Bob Bell; Nick Chester; Chris Dyer; Federico Gastaldi; Alan Permane; Rémi Taffin

2016 Race drivers: 20. Kevin Magnussen; 30. Jolyon Palmer

2016 Test and reserve drivers: Esteban Ocon

2016 Development drivers: Carmen Jordá

Renault Sport Academy: Jack Aitken; Louis Delétraz; Kevin Jörg; Oliver Rowland

Formula One cars: RS16

Related: Groupe Renault; Renault Sport

Success with Renault engines

Drivers' titles 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Constructors' titles 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Related Renault Renault Sport Renault Sport F1 Italics indicate factory team.

Cars that competed in the 1984 Formula One season

McLaren MP4/2 Ferrari 126C4 Lotus 95T Brabham BT53 Renault RE50 Williams FW09/FW09B Toleman TG183B Toleman TG184 Alfa Romeo 184T Arrows A6 Arrows A7 Ligier JS23/JS23B Osella FA1E Osella FA1F Spirit 101/101B/101C ATS D7 RAM 01 RAM 02 Tyrrell 012

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