The announcement came on Monday, days after Alpine's aggrieved factory staff made a last appeal to Renault CEO Luca de Meo, urging him to reconsider the plan to transition into a customer team in Formula 1. Ultimately, the Renault board reached its final decision on September 30th.

Struggling Formula 1 team Alpine confirmed it will no longer use its homemade Renault engines in 2026. Alpine said in a statement on Monday that its F1 engine factory at Viry-Chatillon on the outskirts of Paris would become an engineering center called Hypertech Alpine, starting from the end of this year.

Renault are to stop producing Formula One engines from 2026, ending almost half a century of use in Formula One, the French manufacturer’s Alpine team

Renault will end Formula 1 engine production at their Viry-Chatillon factory after the 2025 season, with the French carmaker's Alpine team set to race with power units made by another manufacturer.

Renault will end its Formula 1 engine programme after the 2025 season, the French car company has announced. The decision means Renault's Alpine team will have to buy engines from another manufacturer,

Alpine F1 will continue — but not with Renault power. The automaker says it will no longer build its own engines for Formula 1, starting in 2026.