Renault unveils 2016 race livery

Renault has unveiled its 2016 race livery in Melbourne, with the returning constructor opting for a yellow design.

When Renault confirmed its return to F1 the team launched a black testing livery during an event in Paris in February, with the car running in that livery throughout the two tests in Barcelona.

At the time of the launch Renault said it would be running a different livery during the season, with the new design unveiled on Wednesday evening in Melbourne. The new livery sees the testing colours inverted, with the addition of a gold panel at the rear of the car which Cyril Abiteboul says is a symbol of the team's target to return to winning ways.

"Yellow is the traditional colour of Renault since 1946, so 70 years that we are celebrating with that colour," Abiteboul said. "That says something about how true we can be to our history. But also along with the head of design at Renault we've been working on a couple of things to also make it interesting.

"First and foremost it's matt to to also express some form of connection with the road cars that you can see in the Renault Sport range.

"You see some bits of black which we decided to keep because we understood there was a lot of enthusiasm for the car that we tested over the winter. And you see also something that will be even more visible on the actual car because obviously that's not the car that we will race on Friday - that could not be here, it's in bits - which is the gold at the back of the car.

"It will be even more visible again on the race car. It is a statement for where we want to be: gold and nothing else, nothing less than that."

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