The Renault Master van scores points with Renault Sport F1 team

Constructed to the team's exact specification, the Renault Master single-car transporter is used primarily by the Renault Sport Formula One Team for the transportation of its show vehicles throughout Europe.

Its addition To Renault Sport Racing's transportation fleet, which is supported through an official partnership with the specialised Renault Pro+ commercial vehicle division, enables the team to generate significant savings in terms of cost, efficiency and manpower, in comparison to its previous methods of moving static display vehicles to about 200 events a year.

The Master transporter offers Renault Sport Formula One Team a highly usable payload of 844kg, with a show car weighing only 350kg and an F1 car in full race trim tipping the scales at circa 700kg.

Built by newly-accredited Renault converter, Advanced KFS, the transporter is based on the front-wheel drive, 3.5-tonne Master Platform Cab and is powered by a 168bhp 2.3-litre diesel engine, which utilises twin turbo technology to deliver strong performance. Refinement and efficiency are heightened with the advanced engine being matched to a six-speed manual transmission.

The conversion has been engineered to allow a Renault Sport Formula One Team show car - essentially a previous season R.S.17 chassis that has had its engine replaced by a space frame, but is finished in the latest livery - to be loaded or unloaded by a single person in as little as 15 minutes.

Previously, the team would either use a tow vehicle and trailer, employ an external company or, on some occasions, one of its 40-tonne trucks to transport any of its 20-strong collection of display vehicles.