After Racing Point's protest against Renault's innovative brake balance adjustment system, which didn't break any rule from the technical regulations, but failed to comply with one of the rules written in the sporting regulations ("Driver must drive the car alone and unaided.

In the Italian Grand Prix they managed to beat both Red Bulls and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel (although helped by the fact that he spun in the early stages of the race), to take a comfortable 4th and 5th.

Renault's managing director Cyril Abiteboul said that the gains they made in the engine side were the biggest since 2016.

One of the biggest they got was the update package for the French Grand Prix,[8] which failed to provide the expected leap in performance.

[9] Although the engine's performance provided Renault with some positive results at circuits where engine power was vital, such as at the Italian Grand Prix, poor aerodynamics and reliability issues lead to the team being unable to escape the midfield,[10] with 8 races in which neither driver achieved points.