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Renault's last return

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While there was a mixed reception to the Renault testing livery unveiled in Paris today, this is the livery it inherited the last time the French manufacturer returned as a constructor. Though it had taken over Benetton some time earlier, the team was officially re-named Renault in 2002 and fielded Jenson Button (pictured here testing in Barcelona in January of that year) and Jarno Trulli.

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.