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. In keeping with everything French on the car, the tyres used by Renault were

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. The driving lineup for the all French team was made up at the time entirely of French drivers. Driving the RE20 in 1980 were Jean-Pierre Jabouille and René Arnoux, while in 1981 Arnoux continued with the team but Jabouille was replaced by a young Alain Prost who had made his Formula One debut in 1980 for

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. The Renault RE20 achieved three Grand Prix wins during the 1980 season. Arnoux won both the Brazilian and

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races while Jabouille was the winner of the

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. A modified version of the car, the RE20B, raced in first five races of the season. The RE20B was replaced by the Renault RE30.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

( key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * 48 points scored in using the Renault RE30

References

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