Renault Finally Announces Huge Alpine F1 Change
Renault Finally Announces Huge Alpine F1 Change Despite Significant Backlash
The announcement came on Monday, days after Alpine's aggrieved factory staff made a last appeal to Renault CEO Luca de Meo, urging him to reconsider the plan to transition into a customer team in Formula 1. Ultimately, the Renault board reached its final decision on September 30th.
Struggling F1 team Alpine will pull the plug on Renault as its engine provider
Struggling Formula 1 team Alpine confirmed it will no longer use its homemade Renault engines in 2026. Alpine said in a statement on Monday that its F1 engine factory at Viry-Chatillon on the outskirts of Paris would become an engineering center called Hypertech Alpine, starting from the end of this year.
Renault and Alpine confirm end of F1 power unit production
Renault Group, the parent company of the Alpine F1 team, confirmed in a statement on Monday that the group would stop building its own F1 power units following the 2025 season. The team’s power unit facility at Viry-Chatillon will become the Hypertech Alpine facility,
Alpine to shut down F1 engine programme at end of 2025
Alpine have confirmed their Formula One works engine programme will be shut down at the end of 2025. The team’s Formula One programme is split across two factories – the chassis is constructed in Enstone, UK, and the engine is built in Viry-Chatillon, France.
Renault to stop making F1 engines after nearly half-a century; Alpine to remain customer team from 2026
Renault entered F1 in 1977, introducing the turbo engine to motor racing’s flagship sport and winning five drivers’ titles and six constructors’ crowns.
Alpine to close F1 engine programme with Mercedes switch likely
Alpine announced that the Viry-Chatillon facility outside Paris, which employs more than 300 staff, would become a ‘Hypertech’ centre of engineering with their F1 engine production ending next year
Ex-Renault boss says Alpine ’wants to make F1 cheap’
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Renault Will Shut Down Its Formula 1 Engine Program After the 2025 Season
Renault will close its independent Formula 1 engine program after the 2025 season, marking the end of an operation that has built championship-winning engines on and off since the 1970s. The Alpine Formula 1 team will continue, the team says, but with a customer engine deal when a new generation of series regulations begin in 2026.
Renault to stop making F1 engines after 2025 season
Renault will end Formula 1 engine production at their Viry-Chatillon factory after the 2025 season, with the French carmaker's Alpine team set to race with power units made by another manufacturer.
Renault to end F1 engine programme after 2025
Renault will end its Formula 1 engine programme after the 2025 season, the French car company has announced. The decision means Renault's Alpine team will have to buy engines from another manufacturer,
Renault Dejará De Producir Motores De F1 En 2026 (Oficial)
El constructor de automóviles francés Renault dejará de producir motores para la Fórmula 1 a partir de 2026, anunció este lunes su escudería Alpine.
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