Editing Renault in Formula One (section)

==== 2019 season: Ricciardo-era starts ====
[[File:Niko Hülkenberg-Renault-2019 (2).jpg|thumb|left|[[Nico Hülkenberg]] driving for Renault 2019]]
[[File:2019 Japanese Grand Prix Daniel Ricciardo (49028922797).jpg|thumb|right|[[Daniel Ricciardo]] driving for Renault at the [[2019 Japanese Grand Prix]]]]
On 3 August 2018, it was announced that [[Red Bull Racing]] driver [[Daniel Ricciardo]] would be joining the team on a two-year deal to partner Hülkenberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.renaultsport.com/daniel-ricciardo-joins-renault-sport-formula-one-team-from-2019.html |title=Daniel Ricciardo joins Renault Sport Formula One Team from 2019 |publisher=Renault Sport |date=3 August 2018 |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>

Plagued by reliability issues at the start of the season, and aerodynamic poor performance, the team finished 5th in the Constructors' Championship, failing to escape the midfield. Also of note was the [[2019 Japanese Grand Prix]], which the team was disqualified from as a result of their automatic [[brake balance]] changing system, which was deemed illegal.

At the end of the season, the team announced changes to the aerodynamic department of their team as a result of the [[Renault R.S.19|R.S.19]]'s failures. Chassis Technical Director [[Nick Chester]] would leave the team,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.renaultsport.com/nick-chester-technical-director-chassis-to-leave-renault-f1-team.html|title=Formula 1 – Press release – Nick Chester, Technical Director Chassis, to leave Renault F1 Team |website=Renault Sport|language=en|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> with former [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and [[McLaren]] chassis engineer [[Pat Fry]] and former [[Williams Racing|Williams]] and [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] aerodynamicist [[Dirk de Beer]] to join the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/146956/renault-signs-exmclaren-and-ferrari-man-fry|title=Renault F1 team signs ex-McLaren and Ferrari man Pat Fry|last=Cooper|first=Adam|website=Autosport.com|date=2 November 2019 |language=en|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>