Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I panuitia i te 10 o Tihema 2007 kua hainatia e Fernando Alonso ki a Renault F1 mo te tau 2007. I eke a Alonso i te taha o te taraiwa whakamatautau kua whakatairangahia a Nelson Piquet Jr., a i whakaponohia kua whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana tuatahi i roto i te tiima. I tiimata te tiima i te tau 2008 i te ahua rite ki te tau i mua atu; I kaha a Fernando Alonso ki te kohi i te tuawha i te whakatuwheratanga o te Australian Grand Prix na te he o te kaimahi o Renault o mua a Heikki Kovalainen. Heoi, he iti tonu te ahua o te 2006 i te waahanga tuatahi o te waa 2008. I kawea mai e te kapa ngā wāhanga hou ki te
Ko te Spanish Grand Prix, tae atu ki te taupoki miihini hou, i tapaina ko te "Shark-fin", he rite ki te mea i whakauruhia e Red Bull i runga i a raatau RB4. I taea e Alonso te tohu i runga i te rarangi tuatahi mo taua whakataetae i runga i te kawenga wahie iti, engari i reti me te ngoikoretanga o te miihini i te haurua. Ko te mahinga o Alonso i te rarangi tuatahi i Spain he wa iti o te whakatutukitanga mai i te toa o mua o te Ao. I mutu nga motuka e rua i te Canadian Grand Prix me Nelson Piquet Jr., i mutu i te ono o nga whakataetae tuatahi e iwa, kaore i eke ki te tohu tae noa ki te French Grand Prix.