Renault the latest team to furlough personnel

Renault has become the latest Formula 1 team to furlough the majority of their workforce.

In a statement released late on Friday afternoon by Renault, it was announced that team personnel in Viry-Châtillon would be placed on 'a part-time schedule from April 6th for a provisional period of 12 weeks'.

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For those working at the Enstone base in the UK, Renault have elected to retrospectively apply for the government job retention scheme.

"As of April 1st, the vast majority of Enstone staff will effectively have a total shutdown (furlough) until May 31st," confirmed the statement. "This will be reviewed dependent on the development of the situation. It was also agreed to top-up the amount allocated by the government to guarantee a minimum of 80% of the actual salary for all team members. Salaries of active staff, including management, will be reduced in the same proportions."

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Team principal Cyril Abiteboul made comment himself, saying that protecting the team is the most important thing during times that he describes as 'uncertain'.

“The very difficult human and sanitary circumstances that we are experiencing and the strict lockdown in France and England, as well as in most of the Grand Prix-organising countries, do not yet allow us to measure the impact on our sport," said Abiteboul.

"We therefore must use all the measures at our disposal to get through this prolonged period of uncertainty and inactivity as best as we can, while protecting the whole team we have built over the past four years.”

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