Yamamoto joins the Renault team

ING Renault F1 Team is pleased to welcome Sakon Yamamoto to the team to take on the role of test and development driver during the 2008 season. The 25-year-old from Japan has participated in 14 Formula 1 Grand Prix races with Super Aguri and Spyker. His best result remains his twelfth place at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway.

Sakon will take part in the team’s development program and play an important role in the ING Renault F1 Team’s Roadshow program this season.

Flavio Briatore, Managing Director of ING Renault F1 Team, commented: « We are pleased to welcome Sakon to the team this year. We plan a particularly aggressive development program this season, and his F1 experience will be very useful to us in this context. »

Furthermore, ING Renault F1 Team is undoubtedly one of the most active teams in promoting the discipline worldwide, particularly through our Roadshow program, and Sakon will enhance our visibility in important markets. He will be a real asset to the team.

Sakon Yamamoto in turn added: I am very excited about the idea of joining ING Renault F1 Team this season. It is an honor for me to be associated with a team that has won several world championship titles. I will have the opportunity to learn a lot and I can’t wait to be able to help the team now.

According to the ING Renault F1 Team