On Tuesday 5th January Renault announced Eric Boullier, a Frenchman, has been appointed as their new team principal with immediate effect. Boullier first started out in motorstort as an engineer ten years ago and then went into management. Previously, Boullier was the Managing Director of Team DAMS in 2003 and oversaw their racing operations in various categories including GP2. The 36 year-old has also acted as team principal for Team France in the A1GP Series between 2007 and 2009. He is taking over from Bob Bell who was acting as temporary team principle for Renault after the departure of Flavio Briatore last September.
He commented that he was very proud to be joining the Renault Formula One team as their principle and that he considered Renault to be the most famous and sucessful name in motorsport. Renault has proven before that it can be one of the top teams in Formula One and he is sure that this position can be acheieved again with hard work and determination.