Renault threaten to withdraw from F1 Championship

Renault have today joined forces with Ferrari by confirming their intention to withdraw from the 2010 Formula One world championship unless recently-adopted regulations are revised.

Motor sport’s world governing body, the FIA, and its president Max Mosley, now face critical showdown talks with all the teams at a Heathrow Airport hotel on Friday if they are to save the sport.

Renault president Bernard Rey said: “We remain committed to the sport, however we cannot be involved in a championship operating with different sets of rules, and if such rules are put into effect, we will be forced to pull out at the end of this season.”