With the 2006 season complete, it is time to look at the teams, reflecting on their changing fortunes and the satisfaction they have brought their fans this year. Comparing statistics is often an interesting place to start, so each team's performance from the last two years, along with the change between them, is being used as an indication of 'momentum' - and a starting point for a relative measure of "Fan Satisfaction".
With only four failures to finish all season, the team had a reliability record that matched Ferrari's enviable form, but their pace fell off relative to Ferrari as the season wore on. It was a close-run thing and nearly insufficient, but at the end of the day, Renault had done enough, Alonso kept taking the opportunities that came his way, and they finished with both championships.