Renault R202

The Renault R202 was the car with which the Renault team competed in the 2002 Formula One World Championship, and the first Renault Formula One car after the French manufacturer rebranded the Benetton team it had purchased. Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli drove it, with Fernando Alonso as test driver. Keeping the Benetton tradition of naming chassis by engine number, it was called R202. It was launched in Paris on 27 January 2002 in pale blue with yellow streaks, and was an aerodynamic development of the 2001 car built by Mike Gascoyne with Bob Bell, Tim Densham, John Iley and Pat Symonds. Its RS22 V10 engine used a 111 degree bank angle to lower the centre of gravity and gave 825 horsepower.