De Villota is a daughter of a former F1 driver, British GP winner Emilio de Villota. She first drove an F1 car in 2011, a Renault R29 at the Paul Ricard circuit in Marseille, France. She is close friends with Susie Wolff, an F1 development driver for
leading in Austin, in Texas. So in five or six races you can recover 45-50 points,'' Alonso said. ''Same with us ( Renault ) in 2006. I was 33 points in front of Michael (Schumacher), which means 75 or 80 points with the current points system
because it was my passion. I wasn't on a path to prove a point about women drivers.'' Her early success led her to Formula Renault , the British F3 Racing Series and then, in 2006, she joined Mercedes-Benz as one of its drivers for the German Touring
two races last season, in the United States and Brazil. (For the record: Jarno Trulli, who was Alonso's teammate at Renault , and Hamilton at McLaren in 2007, out-qualified him at four consecutive races.) To which one could legitimately respond
driver Bruno Senna will keep his seat with Renault until at least next month's Italian ..... Heidfeld and will team with Vitaly Petrov. Renault said Thursday that the 27-year-old ..... started the season as a reserve driver for Renault .
will return to the sport next year with Renault , the team announced Tuesday. We're ..... in May, signed a two-year deal with Renault , the team said in a statement. "I'm ..... two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the automaker will ..... before the year ends. Asked Thursday if Renault plans to pull out of the sport, he said ..... will announce its "strategy in terms of Renault 's role in Formula One" before 2010
Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore says he has been suspended by the FIA as a result ..... governing body ruled that the flamboyant Italian was behind a scam in which Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered to deliberately crash his car at
One championship. Motorsport's ruling body has approved Renault 's switch to call itself Lotus, with Team Lotus becoming ..... Nov. 3 had led to an agreement on the team name changes. Renault is fifth in this season's constructors' championship. Lotus
after agreeing to return to action with the Lotus team. Lotus Renault GP said Tuesday that the 2007 world champion, who quit in ..... Genii Capital, which this year bought the final 25 percent of Renault 's stake. ''We are all looking forward to working with