As the launch season carries on Renault proved that last years paint job wasn’t the ugliest they could manage.

The R29 also keeps the the sharks fin aerodynamics of the R28 and has painted its front and rear wings red, hoping the optical illusion the garish colour clashes cause will detract from how silly they look.

It’s failed two FIA crash tests, but now they are making it out of carbon fibre, admitting that the weight gained by using eggshells just wasn’t worth it.