What Happens When You Put An F1 Engine in a Minivan?

197 miles per hour, 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds and nearly 800HP - In a minivan! This is the Renault Espace F1.

How did Renault create it? How much of the original Espace is left? And why did it tend to 'hop' around the corners?

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In 1994, Renault were looking to celebrate 10 years of motorsport dominance in Formula 1 with the Williams team *and* to celebrate the success of their people-carrier, the Espace. So clearly, the obvious choice was to smash the two worlds together and create a racing Espace.

Renault decided to go ahead with the project in 1994 and one of the first things they did was to bring in Matra. An automotive design company who actually competed in F1 back in the 60s, and were the company to first produce the car that became the Mark 1 Espace.

The combination of Renault power and funding, along with the expertise of both Williams and Matra meant that the Espace F1 project was in safe hands.

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