Bob Bell becomes Technical Advisor for Renault

One of the figures of Renault en Formula 1 prepares to step back. Bob Bell, Head of the technology department for the French team since the return of the French manufacturer at the beginning of 2016, was named Technical Advisor to Renault on Tuesday.

The press release released by Losange indicates that the Irish engineer, aged 60, is now in charge “responsibility for developing technical collaborations with external stakeholders in order to explore specific areas of expertise and technologies that can contribute to the overall performance of the team. » It's all a bit nebulous...

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Cyril Abiteboul, general manager of Renault Sport Racing, details Bob Bell's role in more detail. “As part of this planned transition in team leadership, Bob will now focus on carefully reviewing how to work with our partners, but also with the different players in F1 and the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance to ensure we continue to move higher up the grid. »

Bob Bell embodies according to the French “the heart and soul of the stable. He is a motivator that brings us all together and pulls us up. » The engineer spent most of his career in Formula 1 with the Renault team.

En 1997, he joined the company which at the time was called Benetton as an aerodynamicist. In 2001, he was hired as deputy technical director to support Renault's return to F1, then as technical director in 2003. It was in this position that he obtained two world titles, in 2005 and 2006. Following the resignation of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds after the voluntary crash of Nelson Piquet Jr in Singapore in 2008, he was catapulted main manager until the end of 2010.