Q:
Why did Renault Spo🍒rt F1 choose Williams a💟s its fourth partner ?

Bernard Rey:
With a fourth team, one third of the grid, Renault has more opportunity to increase its brand visibility through credible results and marketing opportunities, therefore further enhancing the efficiency of its investment into the sport. Renault remains in F1 to ach🐓ieve success in a cost efficient way, and the partnership with Williams has great potential to add to the results we have notched up over the recent years with our three other partner teams. Williams has recently taken several important steps, both commercially and technically, to update its operations and we feel that this partnership is another important step in its rigorous plan. It reiterates how determined the team is to achieve results, which matches perfectly with our own objectives.

Q:
🌊There is mention of otherᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ business opportunities, what does this entail?

Bernard Rey:
Discussions concerning other business and consumer mar🍬keting opportunities are ongoing, but we have already held talks with Williams regarding F1-road car synergies. There is a huge amount of goodwill on both sides and all avenues will be explored in the coming months. Of course Williams and Renault collaborated on several projects over their previous nine year relationship, including Williams Grand Prix Engineering running Renault Lagunas in the British Touring Car Championship from 1995 - 1997. The association was very successful, taking the triple crown of the drivers', teams' and manufacturers' championships in 1997 with Alain Menu. We've got no plans to go down this route, instead concentrating our efforts on F1 and extractinꦏg maximum benefit from it.

Q:
How does Renault Sport F1 expect to change iꦆts operations to supꦛply a fourth team?

Bernard Rey:
At the end of 2010 we announced a third team, Team Lotus, would be added to our existing partners of Lotus Renault GP and Red Bull Racing. By the results we have achieved this year we have already demonstrated that there has been no drop off in performance or ser💝vice in doing so. The team at Viry see it very positively and are looking forward to a new relationship. We have sufficient facilities to adequately service a fourth client and will consider our internal structures before recruiting more personnel if necessary. Our priority is maintaining the excellent customer service and satisfaction and we'll take necessary measures to restructure operations if necessary.

Q:
How will the Williams engine team be structured?

Bernard Rey:
Each partner has a dedicated team of six engineers and technicians, with a head of track operations overseeing the separate teams. The chassis information is kept confidential be൲tween teams and only engine performance or reliability details are shared by the h🎶ead of track operations. We would look to continue this structure as it is recognized by everyone - inside and outside our company - to be working well this year.

Q:
With four teams, will any one team bꦓe given any preference?

Bernard Rey:
RSF1 treats its partner teams with equal respect and each team has access to the same f🧸acilities and same in-house expertise. Our partner teams have different strategies and priorities and we try to address each as part of our service, but we do not have a preferential policy towards any of our partners. Additionally the current contracts do not allow us to do so. We believe that competition between teams is healthy and beneficial for the overall performance and development of the engine, including amongst our customers.

Q:
Williams collaborates with other manufacture💯rs, including Jaguar. Do you see a clash of interests here, or even any potential for joint initiatives?

Bernard Rey:
At present our interests are with AT&T Williams, which covers the team's F1 activities. Williams also collaborates with Jaguar on another road-going project and ⛎this is very separate to the F1 operations. We will work with the team to create marketing opportunities for the Renault brand but we currently don't foresee any non-F1 collaborations with the team's other p💎artners.

Q:
When will work start on the 2012 collaboration?

Bernard Rey:
We have had initial meetings to determine the personnel involved and a small team has already visited the team's base in the UK. When the team's 2012 chassis design starts in earnest we will start working much more closely. This is typically in the next two months, ꦛleading through the winter and into the testing period next year.

Q:
Who will have the responsibiꦏlity of the KERS supply to Williams?

Bernard Rey:
Since the introduction of the KERS, Williams has been investing into hybrid technologies as it sees this as part of F1 future. While the new engine formula to come in 2014 will require a higher degree of integration between the IKE and the ERS, the two can currently exist independently in the current regulations. However RSF1 and Williams have agreed to envisage syn🦩ergies before 2014 if this can be beneficial either from a technical of a financial perspective.