The Car :

In February 1988 Renault displayed a radical new race car at the French Motor Show. The Renault 21 Turbo 4x4 was built for the French Superproduction Championship for works drivers Ragnotti and Bousquet. The cars had a transversely mounted 4 cylinder 1995cc turbo engine giving around 430bhp with a dry weight of 1220kgs. Renault took the project a step further by running a prestigeous one-make series in 1989 + 1990 with a field of identical 21 turbos in 300 bhp form. The 21s acted as support race for some of the Formula 1 races , including Monaco , as had previously the Renault 5 turbo and Alpine V6 cars. The only British round was however in support to the World Sports Prototype round at Donington . I can tell you the field of Renault 21s was the very definition of a `train of cars` ! One of the cars , believed to be the race runner-up`s Michael Bleekemolen`s car would in time find its way to the UK and into the hands of Bob Claxton. Bob has campaigned the car in class B of the BARC NW Sports / Saloons before expanding his race programme with the CSCC Special Saloons.