Renault Sport R.S. 01

The Renault Sport R.S. 01 is a sports racing car built by Renault Sport, the performance division of Renault, first for the one-make Renault Sport Trophy series where it replaced the Mégane Trophy, and later homologated for Group GT3 racing through the SRO Motorsports Group. It was unveiled at the 2014 Moscow International Automobile Salon and designed in the Guyancourt studio by Akio Shimizu. It is not based on any production car. Power comes from the 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged VR38DETT V6 taken from the Nissan GT-R, tuned to 550 hp, behind a 7-speed sequential gearbox, in a Dallara carbon monocoque that keeps the weight at 1,145 kg. The GT3 version was detuned to 500 hp and given extra ballast.