Roger
17 October 04, 19:35
This is OT and probably of marginal interest, but I'll share it with you anyway ;)
"Taken over in 1974 by Renault, Alpine remained operational under Renault management with success in rallying continuing and victory in European Formula 2 Championship with Jean-Pierre Jabouille driving an Elf-badged Alpine car. Renault then commissioned Alpine to design a Formula 1 prototype chassis. De Cortanze built the Alpine A500 which was used to do a lot of Renault's F1 testing in preparation of the company's entry into F1 in 1977. At the end of 1976 the Alpine competition department in Dieppe was closed down and the engineering staff were relocated to the new Renault Sport headquarters at Viry Chatillon. The Alpine name lived on in sportscar racing until 1978 when Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi won the classic Le Mans 24 Hours but afterwards could only be found in road cars.
Redele's involvement in Formula 1 might seem a little tenuous but without him, the Renault F1 programmes in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and in the modern era would never have happened."
I knew they made single seaters and Le Mans cars, but had no idea they were part of the Renault F1 programme :trophy:
"Taken over in 1974 by Renault, Alpine remained operational under Renault management with success in rallying continuing and victory in European Formula 2 Championship with Jean-Pierre Jabouille driving an Elf-badged Alpine car. Renault then commissioned Alpine to design a Formula 1 prototype chassis. De Cortanze built the Alpine A500 which was used to do a lot of Renault's F1 testing in preparation of the company's entry into F1 in 1977. At the end of 1976 the Alpine competition department in Dieppe was closed down and the engineering staff were relocated to the new Renault Sport headquarters at Viry Chatillon. The Alpine name lived on in sportscar racing until 1978 when Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi won the classic Le Mans 24 Hours but afterwards could only be found in road cars.
Redele's involvement in Formula 1 might seem a little tenuous but without him, the Renault F1 programmes in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and in the modern era would never have happened."
I knew they made single seaters and Le Mans cars, but had no idea they were part of the Renault F1 programme :trophy: