The story began in 1999 with the Clio 172, a car which lacked the dynamic sparkle of the previous Clio in its hot 16v and Williams guises – not least because it used Renault’s first torsion ...

Launched in 1998, the Clio Renault Sport 172 was the first properly hot Clio since the Williams. Those early Phase 1 cars looked a bit gawky compared with the gorgeous blue-and-gold icon ...

It was a classic and you could still see the links back to the epoch-making Renault Clio Williams, that blue and gold Mk 1 Clio ... This Clio was a big change from the cars that went before - ...

McLaren was actually the only team to win a race with a KERS-equipped car in 2009. The McLaren Formula One team has joined Ferrari, Renault and Williams in backing the return of kinetic energy ...