Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An sanar a kan 10 Disamba 2007 cewa Fernando Alonso ya sanya hannu tare da Renault F1 ga. Alonso ya tuka tare da mai gwajin gwajin Nelson Piquet Jr., kuma an yi imanin cewa ya sami matsayin lamba ɗaya a cikin ƙungiyar. Kungiyar ta fara shekara ta 2008 a irin wannan hanyar kamar shekarar da ta gabata; Fernando Alonso ya sami nasarar cin nasara a karo na hudu a gasar Grand Prix ta Australiya
sakamakon kuskuren tsohon ma'aikacin Renault Heikki Kovalainen. Duk da haka, har yanzu ba ta da kyau a shekara ta 2006 ta hanyar babban mataki a farkon rabin kakar wasa ta 2008. Tawagar ta kawo sabbin sassa zuwa Grand Prix na Spain, gami da sabon murfin injin, wanda aka yiwa lakabi da "Shark-fin", kwatankwacin wanda Red Bull ya gabatar akan RB4. Alonso ya sami damar cancanci a jere na farko don wannan tseren a kan nauyin mai mai sauƙi, duk da haka ya yi ritaya tare da injin injin a tsakiyar hanya. Wasannin da Alonso ya yi a layin farko a Sifen wani lokaci ne da ba a saba gani ba daga tsohon zakaran duniya. Dukkanin motocin biyu sun yi ritaya a Grand Prix na Kanada da Nelson Piquet Jr., wanda ya yi ritaya daga shida daga cikin tsere tara na farko, ya kasa cin kwallo har zuwa Grand Prix na Faransa.