Due to the decision, the Alpine team of Renault will have to start purchasing engines from a different manufacturer starting in 2026—presumably Mercedes.
Instead, Renault’s F1 engine facility in Viry-Chatillon near Paris will be used for the company’s remaining motorsport endeavors as well as the development of electric motor and battery technology.
The move brings to an end over 50 years of history following Renault’s pioneering choice to enter F1 in 1977 with the sport’s first turbocharged engine.
Renault has been producing Formula One engines ever since, with the exception of 1987–1988 and a brief break between 1998 and 2000.
With Fernando Alonso, Renault’s own team also won the constructors’ and drivers’ titles in 2005 and 2006.
Following ten years of patchy performance for Renault/Alpine in Formula One since the introduction of hybrid power units in it.
