Managing Director Flavio Briatore said:
Fernando Alonos said:This tribute is very important to us. Since Renault returned to F1 in 2002, we have improved step by step, and finally won both championships through our hard work. Personally, I am delighted. But this is an award for the whole team. More than 800 people worked tirelessly to allow Renault to fight at the front, and a whole family of partners supported us. This is their trophy.
The Renault F1 team have made available the full radio transcript of the Brazilian race where Alonso clinched the Championship. You can read the full radio transcript here (in pdf)I look at this trophy and say to myself that one day, when I have children, I will be able to tell them that I was World Champion! It represents the work of a whole team, and the achievement of a dream. We had to fight to win this, and I am proud to have done so. Hopefully, this is just the start. I am only 24 years old and I hope to come back on this stage many times in the future, to receive this prize. At present, I have achieved my ambition and I need to find new challenges now. 2006 will be one of them. This title has taught me that the most important thing in life is to be happy. Today, I really am.
