Special 30th anniversary livery for Renault
This weekend, the Renault F1 Team will celebrate 30 years in Formula One. The RS01 and the R27 seem an age apart, but both cars share a common objective: to excel out on track. To celebrate this, the team adapted the R27 with a special 30th anniversary livery.
Thirty years may separate these two machines, but they have more in common than you might expect.
The Renault RS01 and the Renault R27 seem an age apart. Whether it be in terms of construction, or performance, they are from different worlds. But both cars share a common objective: to excel out on track. In their own way, each is an expression of cutting-edge technology, a collection of ingenious discoveries and solutions that have fed their way back into Renault’s road cars. What’s more, the debt the R27 owes to the RS01 is unquestionable: that first car gave birth to what has now become a true sporting culture at Renault. Every time a new F1 car takes to the track, there’s a little bit of the Yellow Teapot lurking inside…
Chassis
Type RS01
Front track: 1425mm
Rear track: 1525mm
Wheelbase: 2500mm
Length: 4500mm
Width: 2000mm
Weight: 600kg
Construction: Aluminium monocoque
Front suspension: Double wishbones with inboard coil springs
Rear suspension: Double wishbones with outboard coil springs
Material: Steel
Brakes: Steel disc brakes and pads, 4 piston callipers
Gearbox: Manual Hewland FG 400, 5 speeds + reverse
Material: Aluminium
Tyres: Michelin, radial
Engine
Renault-Gordini (Silverstone 1977: n°76T)
Architecture: 90° V6, turbocharged
Capacity: 1492 cm3
Turbo: 1 (Garrett)
Bore x stroke 86 x 42.8mm
Power: 525 bhp at 11,400 rpm
Valves: 4 per cylinder, with valve springs
Valve timing: Belt drive
Fuel/lubricant: Elf
Life: 300km
Chassis
Type R27
Front track: 1450 mm
Rear track: 1400 mm
Wheelbase: 3100 mm
Overall length: 4800 mm
Overall width: 1800 mm
Overall weight: 605 kg, with driver, camera and ballast.
Construction: Carbon-fibre and aluminium honeycomb monocoque
Front suspension: Top and bottom wishbones operate an inboard rocker via a pushrod system. This is connected to a torsion bar and damper units which are mounted at the front of the monocoque.
Rear suspension: Top and bottom wishbones operating vertically-mounted torsion bars and horizontally-mounted damper units mounted on the top of the gearbox casing.
Material: Carbon fibre
Brakes: Carbon discs and pads, 6 piston callipers
Gearbox: Semi-automatic gearbox with seven speeds and reverse gear. ‘Instantaneous Gearchange’ system to minimise time loss during gearchanges.
Material: Titanium
Tyres: Bridgestone, radial
Engine
Type RS27
Architecture: 90° V8, normally aspirated
Capacity: 2400 cc
Turbo: No
Power Approx.: 700 bhp at 19,000 rpm
Valves: 4 per cylinder, pneumatically controlled
Valve timing: Gear driven
Weight: 95 kg
Spark plugs: Champion
Fuel + oil: Elf
Life: 2 Grand Prix weekends, around 1000 km
