Alpine and Renault

Roy Smith is a retired company director with a life-long passion for motorsport in general, and, since 1968, for Alpine Renault in particular. He began writing in the 1960s for club magazines, mainly interviewing notable people of the time. A 40 year career in sales and marketing included the preparation of many technical documents, developing an attention to detail that proved essential in writing this book. Roy has written Alpine Renault-related articles regularly since 1989 for various magazines, and is the UK correspondent for a major French Alpine Renault magazine, Mille Miles. Roy began rallying Minis in the 1960s with the Craven Motor Club, was a regional secretary of the 750 Motor Club, served as a fire marshall at Silverstone in the 1970s, returned to motorsports actively in the 1980s, and won 5 regional sprint championships in saloons and single seaters in the 1990s, including a hillclimb championship class with an Alpine Renault A110. He is currently preparing a second book entitled Target le Mans ... Renault and the Alpine Sports Prototypes.

Part 1 Setting the scene Chapter 1 RENAULT ... a brief history Chapter 2 ALPINE ... a brief history Chapter 3 Alpine single seaters Chapter 4 First steps Chapter 5 Gordini, the name on the engine Part 2 The Alpine A 500 Chapter 6 How and why ... sowing the seeds Chapter 7 ELF and the Turbo ... financing the dream Chapter 8 Dudot and his Turbo Chapter 9 The design of the A500 Chapter 10 The phantom appears PART 3 The First Turbo Grand Prix car races Chapter 11 The RS01 Chapter 12 The racing year 1978 Chapter 13 Mission accomplished Part 4 The Turbo Legacy Chapter 14 Races and results 1979-1985 Rest of 1979 Season with RS10 The RE 20 ... 1980 season RE30 ... 1981 season RE 30B ... 1982 season RE30C ... 1983 season RE40 ... 1983 season RE50 ... 1984 season RE 60 and RE 60 B ... 1985 season Part 5 They all played their part Chapter 15 The part played by Michelin Chapter 16 The men who made it possible Chapter 17 Jean Pierre Jabouille ... F1 driver extraordinaire Chapter 18 Renault Histoire and Collection Chapter 19 The turbo road car