Editing Renault in Formula One (section)

==== 1979 season: Win breakthrough ====
[[File:Renault RS10 1979.jpg|thumb|left|In 1979, the Renault RS10 became the first [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] car to win a Grand Prix.]]
Expanding to two drivers with [[René Arnoux]] joining Jabouille, the team continued to struggle although Jabouille earned a [[pole position]] in [[1979 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]]. By mid-season, both drivers had a new [[Ground effect in cars|ground-effect]] car, the RS10, and at [[1979 French Grand Prix|Dijon]] for the [[French Grand Prix]] the team legitimised itself with a brilliant performance in a classic race. The two Renaults were on the front row in qualifying, and pole-sitter Jabouille won the race, the first driver in a turbocharged car to do so, while Arnoux and [[Gilles Villeneuve]] were involved in an extremely competitive duel for second, Arnoux narrowly getting beaten to the line. While Jabouille ran into hard times after that race, Arnoux finished second at [[1979 British Grand Prix|Silverstone]] in the following race and then repeated that at the Glen, proving it was not a fluke.