Renault Sport

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Renault Sport Technologies (commonly known as Renault Sport, Renaultsport or RST) is the France motorsport division of Renault. Renault Sport was responsible for Renault's sports car racing entries during the 1970s, including their win at the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans race with the Renault Alpine A442.

Actual Renault's Formula One team, Renault F1 in the 2000s, is not a part of Renault Sport though active in Formula One until the 1990s.

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Manufacturer of limited edition sports models (with Alpine) e.g. the Mégane Renault Sport and Renaultsport Clio 197.
Competitor in motorsport events (excluding Formula One), e.g.
- Rally and track cars
- Organisation of single-model vehicle championships
Organiser or/and sponsor of the Formula Renault national championships.
Organiser of the World Series by Renault: World Series Formula Renault 3.5, Eurocup Mégane Trophy and Eurocup Formula Renault
Renault Merchandising - For the sale of Renault sport related merchandise.
Former shareholder in SMA Engines; an aircraft engine manufacturer, an alliance of RST, EADS and SAFRAN.

Renault Sport organizes several national and international One-make racing championships.

Renault is also involved in other racing series but not as Renault Sport.

Renault Clio
- French Super Production Championship
- Belgian Procar Championship
- BTCC with Renault Clio Williams
- Endurance Touring Car Series
Renault Mégane
- TC2000 Argentina (since 1984)^[1]
Renault Spider :
- Spanish GT Championship (1999?-2000?)
Renault 8 Gordini :
- Springbok Series (1966-1971)^[2]
Renault 4CV
- 24 hours of Le Mans (1949-1954)^[3]
- Renault Alpine A110 In 1971 Alpine achieved a 1-2-3 finish in the Monte Carlo rally, using cars with engines derived from the Renault R16. In 1973, they repeated the 1-2-3 Monte Carlo result and went on to win the World Rally championship outright^[4]