The car was driven by Briton Jenson Button, who was retained from 2001, and Italian Jarno Trulli, who joined the team from Jordan.

Benetton, the team they had purchased, were fully rebranded into the Renault family with the car featuring prominent yellow streaks against pale blue.

The chassis was designed by Mike Gascoyne with support from Bob Bell, Tim Densham, John Iley and Pat Symonds.

[8] The R202 was formally tested ahead of the Australian Grand Prix at Silverstone by race team drivers Trulli and Button.

[16] However, he would retire from a further five Grand Prix driving the R202 including Renault's home race at France where Button secured a point for finishing in sixth.

[18] Despite the reliability challenges, the R202 took Renault to fourth place in the World Constructors Championship standings at the end of the season with 23 points.