ING Renault F1 Team R28 - CD-adapco logo newly unveiled

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The ING Renault F1 Team officially launched its 2008 season as it revealed the brand new Renault F1 R28 and its driver line-up at Renault’s communications headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the banks of the Seine in south-west Paris.

The glittering unveiling ceremony was attended by Renault President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, along with 500 media and VIP guests from around the world, including CD-adapco founding Director Professor David Gosman. The team announced its determination to return to the front of the F1 field in 2008, thanks to a combination of aggressive design concepts in the new car, a large investment in CFD technology, and the talents of the sport’s only active double world champion, Fernando Alonso, allied to rookie Nelson Piquet.

CD-adapco is the exclusive providers of CFD software to the ING Renault F1 Team, and has been a partner of the Team since its inception. Industry leading CFD codes STAR-CD and STAR-CCM+ have been used extensively in the design of all the Team’s cars including the R28 and the World Championship winning R25 and R26. The R28 carries the CD-adapco logo on both sides of the rear brake-light mounting. According to CD-adapco VP of Sales Didier Halbronn, the location of the logo is no accident: “The rear of the car is the view of the R28 that we think that drivers of most other teams will see most often this season. We wanted to give them a constant reminder of the competitive advantage that using CD-adapco’s CFD software gives the ING Renault F1 Team.”

“A large investment in CFD is a key part of the ING Renault F1 Team’s strategy for regaining the World Championship”, explains Managing Director Flavio Briatore: “The team’s commercial outlook is healthier than ever for 2008. Renault has
demonstrated its commitment to the sport with the new CFD Centre of Excellence, and we have a range of cutting-edge
partners eager to collaborate on this exciting project.”