Renault RS11 1979

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In 1966, when Formula One was changed allowing for 3 litre engines, a provision was made for 1.5 litre supercharged engines. With no takers amongst the current engine suppliers and the tremendous success of the Ford-Cosworth it was left to an outsider, yet one with a history that traced back to the first Grand Prix to show a third way. Renault had been trying to win Le Mans with a turbo-charged engine but was suffering from cracked pistons. Bernard Dudot was sent to Garrett AiResearch to study the fine art of turbocharging. In 1979 the Renault turbocharged engine found it's way into a Grand Prix car.
Renault introduced the RS10 ground effect car at Monaco 1979. Later that year, Jean-Pierre Jabouille scored the first win ever for a turbocharged car in F1 in the French GP at Dijon-Prenois later that year, a race that was also memorable for the famous last lap fight between Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari and Rene Arnoux in the second Renault.
After the Renault turbo had a huge advantage in the elevated thin air at Kyalami in South Africa, rival teams quickly realized a turbo engine was the way to go. In 1982, Ferrari and BMW were the first to join the turbo club. It was thought by some that turbocharged engines would allow large manufacturers to leapfrog the smaller British teams and their acknowledged leadership in chassis design.

ENGINE

Configuration

90 degree V6

Location
Mid, longitudinally mounted

Displacement
1491 cc / 91 cu in

Bore / Stroke
86 mm x 42.8 mm

Valvetrain
4 valves per cylinder, DOHC

Fuel feed
Bosch-Kugelfischer Fuel Injection

Aspiration
Twin KKK turbochargers by Kuhnle, Kopp & Kausch

Ignition
Marelli Dinoplex electronic ignition

Power
500 bhp @ 11,000 rpm

Transmission
Hewland FGA 400 six speed manual

Chassis
Three quarter monocoque nacelle employing engine as load bearing member at rear

Front suspension
Top rocker arms, wide-based lower wishbones, inboard coil spring/damper units, anti-roll bar

Rear suspension
Top rocker arms, lower wishbones, inboard coil spring/damper units, anti-roll bar

Brakes
Discs, inboard front & rear

DIMENSIONS

Wheelbase

2860 mm / 112.6"

Front track
1626 mm / 64"

Rear track
1702 mm / 67"

Wheel rim width
(F) 11" (R) 18"

Weight
600 kg

http://www.f1technical.net/f1db/cars/433/renault-rs10

http://www.statsf1.com/en/renault-rs10.aspx

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec/1050/Renault-RS-10.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_RS10
 
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Claiming all the F1 cars?
:D
I got all nostalgic today thanks to the return of the Austrian F1 G.P

Pity I didn't get the result I was looking for but, hey, neither did Daniel Ricciardo or the man picking up the bill, Dietrich Mateschitz :irked:
 
I got all nostalgic today thanks to the return of the Austrian F1 G.P

Pity I didn't get the result I was looking for but, hey, neither did Daniel Ricciardo or the man picking up the bill, Dietrich Mateschitz :irked:


Same here .... Alonso only 5th .... :ouch:
 
If you're going to post all of these F1 cars, remember to get the crappy and/or seriously ugly ones too, like the modified Ensign N179, the Ligier JS5, and the Arrows A2.
 
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If you're going to post all of these F1 cars, remember to get the crappy and/or seriously ugly ones too, like the modified Ensign N179, the Ligier JS5, and the Arrows A2
There's been a few of them over the last 64 years of the World Championship.
I think the ugly eras would've been circa 1968 with the wings on stilts, the 1996 Ferrari, the grooved tyre era post 1998 & probably the most eye-burning era of all would be 5-10 years ago with protrusions of all sorts cluttering the designs in the name of downforce :yuck:
 
No, its a 3-way tie between the STR9:

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Force India VJM07:

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And Lotus E22:

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I don't watch F1 to see dongs on the cars, including the one that drives for Lotus.
 
OP has been updated with background information, technical specifications and links to other articles.

Enjoy :)
 
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