Nick Heidfeld has admitted that he is less happy with the balance of the Renault R31 at Barcelona than he was during his first test in the car at Jerez last week. read more »

Vitaly Petrov says the Renault team needs more reliable testing mileage before it knows how competitive its R31 can be this season read more »

While there is much interest in the system on the Renault R31 - which sees the air blown out of the leading edge of the sidepods, and is regarded by some as the much have... read more »

Robert Kubica has said he'd prefer to see someone other than his ex-team-mate, Nick Heidfeld, in the R31 as his replacement for the 2011 season. The read more »

Bruno Senna enjoyed his first experience of the R31 today as the team gave the Brazilian mileage on the final day of testing in Jerez. Renault meanwhile also tested a new... read more »

Bruno Senna samples the Renault R31 for the first time at Jerez and ends the final day of testing with the fifth quickest time read more »

Nick Heidfeld got his first taste of the R31 today in Jerez and ended session at the top of the timesheets. After an early program of getting used to the car, a more complex... read more »

Nick Heidfeld served notice that he is the man Lotus Renault GP needs to replace Robert Kubica by topping the timesheets at Jerez today, his first time in the R31. read more »

Nick Heidfeld says he was already able to work on developing Renault's R31 before the end of his evaluation test with the team at Jerez read more »

Nick Heidfeld says he enjoyed his first test in the Renault R31 managing to finish quickest over the three days so far. The German is looking read more »

Nick Heidfeld ended day three of the Jerez test at the top of the timesheets, with the German driver making is bid to claim the vacant seat at Renault. The Enstone-based outfit... read more »

Renault is not worried about its testing pace over the last two days in Jerez and has confirmed Nick Heidfeld will test on Saturday with Bruno Senna driving the R31 on Sunday read more »

Vitaly Petrov remained in the R31 today as the Lotus Renault GP Team completed 65 laps in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Starting from tomorrow, the team will be evaluating Nick... read more »

Lotus Renault GP's Vitaly Petrov was back in the R31 as the team got its second winter test underway in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The Russian did some tyre... read more »

Nick Heidfeld will test Renault's new R31 car at Jerez this week in the absence of Robert Kubica read more »

McLaren's engineering director Tim Goss says McLaren aren't ruling out a forward facing exhaust system, similar to that seen on the Renault R31 during testing. The read more »

Robert Kubica set the pace on the final day in Valencia as the team completed its first test with the R31. It wasn't all good news however for the team, as the Pole... read more »

Renault’s Robert Kubica set the fastest time today as the F1 circus concluded its three day test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The Pole did only 95 laps,... read more »

Renault's innovative forward-exhaust R31 set the fastest time on its third day of Formula 1 testing as the opening week of running at Valencia concluded on Thursday. read more »

Robert Kubica made his pre-season testing debut in the new Renault R31 on Wednesday in Valencia. The Pole managed an impressive 104 laps without any significant read more »

Renault's new R31 suffers a niggling start to life after Vitaly Petrov hits the track in Valencia read more »

Renault GP set Formula One design on its head yesterday after it was found out that the new R31 features engine exhausts that exit in front the sidepods, rather than at the... read more »

Lotus Renault Grand Prix driver Vitaly Petrov had the huge honour of giving the R31 its first run on track today as winter testing got underway in Valencia. The Russian was... read more »

The Lotus Renault GP cars of Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov may not only look hugely different this season, but the R31 chassis features a significant modification to its rear... read more »

Vitaly Petrov: "It’s great to come back for the new season and try the R31 for the first time. It was not the perfect day read more »