Renault's Revised Livery

Renault Formula 1 team have made a splash after launching their definitive colour scheme for the 2016 season.
Aiming to bring a bit of colour for the grid, Renault have chosen to keep their distinctive yellow-fold and black colours, but moving the emphasis onto the yellow, attracting comparisons to bananas from social media.

The team debuted its new colours at an event in Docklands, Melbourne, ahead of the start of the 2016 season.
To celebrate the new livery, the R.S.16 surfed the waves on a 7.5m long surfboard in a photoshoot with drivers Kevin Magnussen and 

Jolyon Palmer and pro surfer Ellie-Jean Coffey. 

For all those curious, it was just a show car. The team aren’t risking the start of their first championship in their return to Formula 1 going wrong because of a little water damage. 

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Australian GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Renault

DRIVER PREVIEW QUOTES - RENAULT SPORT FORMULA 1 TEAM

Jolyon Palmer - “I am really looking forward to Friday when the 22 cars are out on track pounding round. I think everything will be ready. We always keep working on performance but when it comes to a race weekend you give it your all to achieve a good result. It will be busy for us in the race but I feel I’m in an OK position right now. Even though I did not get the greatest amount of laps in testing, I don’t feel too behind and know that when we turn up in Melbourne it will be OK.”

Kevin Magnussen - “I feel ready for Melbourne. We’ve had some good days of testing, with lots of laps: more than 100 every day and more than 500 in four days. Putting in the mileage was the main thing as I needed to get back up to speed after some time out of a car. I really couldn’t have asked for more. I’ve been through systems checks and feel comfortable going to Melbourne and doing a race. At the moment I think we are just outside the top ten but if all goes well then who knows. You can never definitely hope for points, but if we leave Australia with points we can be happy.

I enjoy going to Melbourne. In 2014 I had a brilliant start with the podium, but I went again last year and it wasn’t as good as the first time! Hopefully we will complete the race this year and get some points. That’s my aim. If both myself and Jolyon can come away with points, it would be a massive achievement!”

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