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Renault gets a jump on Christmas

Just like workplaces up and down and country and around the world, the Renault headquarters at Enstone has been gearing up for the festive season this week.

Although there's no winter shutdown for F1 in the same way that team personnel take a mandatory two week break over the summer, many of the staff are looking forward to starting their Christmas holidays next week.

But before that, there was time for everyone to get together to take part in the traditional Christmas Jumper Day where everyone dresses in their favourite garish Yuletide attire and poses with Nico Hulkenberg's R.S.18.

"We take #ChristmasJumperDay very seriously in Enstone," the team said in a tweet accompanying the picture. "Can you tell?"

It's an opportunity to see what some of the behind-the-scenes workers at Renault look like, and just how bad their taste is in seasonal knitwear! There's a lot to feast your eyes on, although special credit goes to the guys deciding to sport shorts with their jumpers.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.