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The RS series is a family of naturally-aspirated Grand Prix racing engines, designed, developed and manufactured jointly by Mecachrome and Renault for use in Formula One, and used by Arrows, BAR, Williams, Caterham, Benetton, Renault, and Red Bull, from 1989 until 2013.[2] The engines came in both the original V10, and later V8 configurations, and engine displacement ranged from 2.4 L (150 cu in) to 3.5 L (210 cu in) over the years. Power figures varied; from 650 hp (480 kW) @ 12,500 rpm, to later over 900 hp (670 kW) @ 19,000 rpm.[3] The 2.4-litre RS26 V8 engine, used in 2006, is one of the highest revving Formula One engines in history, at 20,500 rpm.[4][5][6][7] Between 1998 and 2000, the RS9 engines were badged as Mecachrome, Supertec, and Playlife.
Formula One engine specifications[]
Renault RS2 3.5 V10 engine (1990).
Renault RS3 3.5 V10 engine; used in the Williams FW14 (1991-1992).[7]
1995 Renault RS7 3.0 V10 engine; used in Williams FW17 and Benetton B195.[1][2]
Naturally-aspirated V10 engines[]
| Engine name | Bank angle (°) |
Configuration | Displacement (L) |
Aspiration | Output | Year | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS1 | 67 | V10 | 3.5 | Naturally-aspirated | 650 hp @ 12,500 rpm | 1989 | N/A |
| RS2 | 660 hp @ 12,800 rpm | 1990 | |||||
| RS3 | 700 hp @ 12,500 rpm | 1991 | |||||
| RS4 | 750 hp @ 13,000 rpm | 1992 | Nigel Mansell (WDC) | ||||
| RS5 | 760-780 hp @ 13,800 rpm | 1993 | Alain Prost (WDC)
Williams-Renault (WCC) | ||||
| RS6/RS6B/RS6C | 790-830 hp @ 14,300 rpm | 1994 | Williams-Renault (WCC) | ||||
| RS7 | 3.0 | 675-700 hp @ 15,200-15,600 rpm[8] | 1995 | Michael Schumacher (WDC) | |||
| RS8 | 700-760 hp @ 14,500-16,000 rpm[1][9] | 1996 | Damon Hill (WDC)
Williams-Renault (WCC) | ||||
| RS9 | 71 | 730-760 hp @ 14,600-16,000 rpm[10] | 1997 | Jacques Villeneuve (WDC)
Williams-Renault (WCC) | |||
| Mecachrome/Playlife GC37-01 (Renault RS9)[11][12] | 750-775 hp @ 14,000-15,600 rpm | 1998 | N/A | ||||
| Supertec/Playlife FB01 (Renault RS9)[13][14] | 750-780 hp @ 14,000-15,800 rpm | 1999 | |||||
| Supertec/Playlife FB02 (Renault RS9) | 780 hp @ 15,800 rpm | 2000 | |||||
| RS21 | 112 | 780 hp @ 17,400 rpm | 2001 | ||||
| RS22 | 825 hp @ 17,500 rpm[9] | 2002 | |||||
| RS23 | 830-850 hp @ 18,000 rpm[15] | 2003 | |||||
| RS24 | 72 | 880-900 hp @ 19,000 rpm[16] | 2004 | ||||
| RS25 | 900+ hp @ 19,000 rpm[17] | 2005 | Fernando Alonso (WDC) |
Renault RS27
Naturally-aspirated V8 engines[]
| Engine name | Bank angle (°) |
Configuration | Displacement (L) |
Aspiration | Output | Year | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS26 | 90 | V8 | 2.4 | Naturally-aspirated | 775-800 hp @ 20500 rpm[9] | 2006 | Fernando Alonso (WDC)
Renault (WCC) |
| RS27 | 770 hp @ 19000 rpm | 2007 | N/A | ||||
| >770 hp @ 19000 rpm | 2008 | ||||||
| >750 hp @ 18000 rpm[18] | 2009 | ||||||
| >750 hp @ 18000 rpm | 2010 | Sebastian Vettel (WDC) | |||||
| 2011 | |||||||
| >750 hp @ 18000 rpm[19][20] | 2012 | ||||||
| >750 hp @ 18000 rpm | 2013 |
Applications[]
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- Note: Including Mecachrome, Supertec, and Playlife-badged engines.
Reference[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "3rd Naturally-Aspirated Era (3NA) 1989 – 2000 (end of review): 12 years. Part 1, 1989 – 1994; Egs. 72 to 78 The 3.5 Litre Formula". Grand Prix Engines. n.d.. https://www.grandprixengines.co.uk/3rd_Naturally-Aspirated_Era_(3NA)_Part_1.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Engine Renault • STATS F1". https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-renault.aspx.
- ↑ "Formula One engines". https://www.f1technical.net/articles/4.
- ↑ "Renault R26". 30 April 2009. https://sportscardigest.com/renault-r26/.
- ↑ Hughes, Mark. "Profile – Renault R26". https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2007/45/profile-renault-r26.
- ↑ "F1 Technique: Looking at the Renault Sport RS27 Formula 1 engine | Car News | Auto123". https://www.auto123.com/en/news/f1-technique-looking-at-the-renault-sport-rs27-formula-1-engine/35495/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lancement BWT Alpine F1 Team". https://events.bwtalpinef1team.com/.
- ↑ "Benetton-Renault B195 | Technik Museum Sinsheim | Germany". https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/benetton-renault-b195.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Renault, since 40 years in formula 1". Projekt Renault. n.d.. https://www.projekt-renault.de/images/pdf/130717_renault_since_40_years_in_f1_en.pdf.
- ↑ De Groote, Steven (2011-08-25). "Looking back on Toyota F1 engine development". https://www.f1technical.net/features/16578.
- ↑ "Engine Mecachrome • STATS F1". https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-mecachrome.aspx.
- ↑ "Engine Playlife • STATS F1". https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-playlife.aspx.
- ↑ "Engine Supertec • STATS F1". https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-supertec.aspx.
- ↑ "Bonhams : The ex-Alessandro Zanardi - 14 Grand Prix races,1999 Williams-Supertec Renault FW21 Formula 1 Racing Single-Seater Chassis no. FW21-05". https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21907/lot/237/.
- ↑ Mourao, Paulo (1 June 2018). "Smoking Gentlemen—How Formula One Has Controlled CO2 Emissions". Sustainability 10 (6): 1841.
- ↑ "Bore and stroke on early 2000,s V10 engines - F1technical.net". https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28171.
- ↑ Knutson, Dan (17 November 2005). "Renault V-10 went out a winner". https://www.espn.com/racing/news/story?series=f1&id=2227063.
- ↑ "About RS27". Renault official. http://www.renaultsport.com/About-RS27.html. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ↑ "Le Renault RS27 plus puissant en 2012". Auto Hebdo. http://www.autohebdo.fr/f1/f1/article-25-25-9431/070212-le-renault-rs27-plus-puissant-en-2012. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ↑ "Renault Motor RS27". http://www.renault.com.gh/discover/MoteurRS272012.html.
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