Forgotten F1 Friday | Renault RS01

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Welcome back to Forgotten F1 Friday: a nostalgic look back at some of the more interesting cars to compete in motorsport's premier racing formula

Jean Pierre Jabouille drives the #15 Renault Turbo RS01 during the United States Grand Prix West on April 3 1978 at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California.The Renault RS01 introduced two revolutionary new technologies to Formula 1 when it first appeared at the 1977 British Grand Prix.

permitted naturally aspirated 3.0-litre engines, with a clause for a 1.5-litre supercharged or turbocharged engine. Unfortunately the RS01 was plagued by unreliability so radical, that it soon earned the nickname 'The Yellow Teapot”, as it usually ended up retiring from races in a great big cloud of white smoke.

 

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