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Staff lash out at axed Renault F1 engine program
Aug.24 Staff at Renault's Formula 1 engine factory in Viry-Chatillon have lashed out over plans to stop producing works power units for the Alpine team. Now advised by Flavio Briatore, Renault CEO Luca de Meo has decided to repurpose the Viry facility and its 300 employees and switch to customer Mercedes engines for 2026 and beyond. But in a statement to select media organisations, staff at Viry insist the 2026 F1 engine was 'well born and already approaching the expected objective for the first race of 2026'. 'The men and women of Viry-Chatillon cannot approve of Renault's final decision to stop the development program for F1 engines,' the communique continues. De Meo was specifically...
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