Thierry Koskas to become president of Renault Sport Racing

Returned in F1 in 2016 as a full-fledged manufacturer, the brand Renault continues its efforts to return to the top of the grid and will make a major change behind the scenes before the 2019 season. The Renault Sport Racing division will see Thierry Koskas replace Jérôme Stoll as president, Cyril Abiteboul remaining the general director of the sports entity of the Losange brand. Koskas will be in direct contact with Carlos Ghosn, big boss of Losange.

Thierry Koskas has a leading career within the Boulogne brand, since the manager from the Ecole Polytechnique et des Mines de Paris joined Renault in 1997 and joined the headquarters as Director of Forecasts and Programming in 2002.

Having become Sales Director for the Asia-Africa region in 2006, Koskas entered into future programs in 2009 when he was offered the position of Director of the electric vehicle program, where he led the development of the current range of vehicles. zero emissions.

After a stint in Argentina between 2012 and 2015, Thierry Koskas had served since 2016 as Commercial Director of the Renault Group, also being part of the Renault Executive Committee.

“Thierry Koskas will aim, with Cyril Abiteboul, General Director of Renault Sport Racing, to continue the work started by Jérôme Stoll and bring the team to the best level in the discipline. He will also seek to strengthen Formula 1's contribution to the reputation of the Renault brand around the world. » specifies the French firm.

Renault Sport Racing is in fourth place in the Manufacturers' standings, 24 points ahead of Haas F1 Team before the Abu Dhabi final in just over a week. After aligning Carlos Sainz et Nico Hulkenberg this season, Renault made one of the transfers of the year by recruiting Daniel Ricciardo for 2019, who will replace Carlos Sainz, leaving for McLaren.

In addition to its main program in F1, Renault will remain involved in the accession series at the highest level in car by continuing the organization of its Formula, which will revolve around the regulations F3 regional. Le Losange also remains involved in customer competition, notably through its Clio Cup.