Regardless of the fact that Alonso is light on fuel, the team have made progress - we saw at the German Grand Prix that Renault had the fastest lap of the race.

BBC: David Coulthard column

Massa had been talking with local journalists ahead of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix about the series of events that culminated in Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashing his Renault in last year's Singapore Grand Prix, which helped Alonso to claim an unlikely victory.

BBC: Alonso cools talk of Massa 'war'

Alonso heads into Renault's home Grand Prix on the second row of the grid along with Toyota's Jarno Trulli.

BBC: 1 M Schumacher (Ferrari)

Kubica was considered one of the most promising drivers in F1 before his crash, winning the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix with Sauber before switching to Lotus Renault for the 2010 season.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Despite being 100 years since Renault won the first French Grand Prix at Le Mans, it was Italian team Ferrari celebrating with first and third on the podium.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Eighth French win for Schumacher

Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes and technical director Mike Gascoyne had a meeting with Renault on Sunday morning at the British Grand Prix.

BBC: Lotus set to switch to Renault engines next season

Ferrari's Massa had been comfortably leading the first-ever night Grand Prix when the safety car was deployed following a crash which saw Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr. hit a trackside wall.

CNN: Alonso wins after Massa pit stop drama

BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Honda and Toyota revealed their proposals for a Grand Prix World Championship (GPWC) at a meeting with nine F1 teams.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Rival series issues team pledge