Renault RE60

The Renault RE60 was a Formula One car designed by Bernard Dudot and Jean-Claude Migeot and raced by the Renault team in the 1985 season, driven by Patrick Tambay and Derek Warwick, who had also driven for the team in 1984. It was the only Renault Formula One car run on Goodyear tyres and the last Renault Formula One car until the team's return in 2002. It was an evolution of the 1984 RE50, but top engineer Michel Têtu and four other key personnel had left and the team's structure had been reshuffled, and in pre-season testing at Jacarepaguá Warwick found it 3.5 seconds slower than the RE50 and described it as impossible to drive. A modified RE60B was introduced at the French Grand Prix without better results. Its best results were two third places for Tambay, in Portugal and San Marino; Renault finished seventh with 16 points, outscored by Lotus and Ligier using the same Renault engine, and withdrew from Formula One as a works team at the end of the season.