Technology company Novell has been providing the 400-strong Renault team with its computer infrastructure since 1998.
"Access to information is critical, " said IT manager for the Renault team Graeme Hackland.
Alonso's Renault team have made it clear they are opposed to standard engines, but the Spaniard spoke positively about next season's rules changes.
It is expected that Fernandes will be forced to abandon the Lotus name, and that Proton will buy into the Renault team, which may be renamed Lotus-Renault.
Group Lotus - part of Malaysia's Proton car company - is sponsoring the Renault team this season and the Russian sports car manufacturer Marussia has bought into Virgin.
Recovery was painstaking, but he confirmed in November 2011 that he would not be able to take his place in the Lotus Renault team for the 2012 season.
Tuesday was the first time De Villota had been behind the wheel of Marussia's MR01 car, although she did conduct a test for the Renault team last year.
At the time suspicions were roused, in particular by Felipe Massa who is understood to have confronted Renault team principal Flavio Briatore, accusing him of engineering the crash.
The company has decided to sponsor the Renault team instead.
Much of the criticism until now has focused on the perceived leniency of the Renault team's punishment of a two-year suspended ban plus paying the costs of the investigation.
Following Nelson Piquet Jr's dismissal by the team, the Brazilian revealed he had been asked to deliberately crash to help his then Renault team-mate Fernando Alonso win the race.
Lakshmi Mittal, the wealthiest person in Britain, has a stake in the west London club, along with Formula One head Bernie Ecclestone and Renault team managing director Flavio Briatore.
Mosley described a certain element within Fota as "loonies" over the weekend, and in particular claimed Renault team boss Briatore wanted to be the new Bernie Ecclestone by taking control of the sport.
Alonso, who had the good fortune to come in for an early pit stop before the accident involving his Renault team-mate Piquet, drove peerlessly away after the second safety car delay, with Hamilton content to settle for third place.
Renault is now officially in F1 only as an engine supplier - to Red Bull, Renault and Team Lotus - and now, through Infiniti, as a sponsor of Red Bull.
Renault F1 team president Bernard Rey revealed they had decided to maintain a strategic commitment to the sport with the help of Genii Capital, a Luxemburg based firm specialized in new technologies, brand management and motorsport.
Renault no longer has its own Formula 1 team, though its Renault Sport F1 division supplies engines to Caterham as well as to the Lotus F1 team, which is run by Group Lotus.
The Renault Formula One team boss heads a group talking over an offer to take control of the Championship club.
"Renault are the team who have made the biggest impression, " said Barrichello, following testing of the new Ferrari F2004 at Mugello in Italy this week.
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"Without a robust IT infrastructure, as well as an outstanding driver, there is no way that teams such as the Renault Formula One team can compete in what is an increasingly sophisticated world, " said a spokesman for Novell.
But although team insiders say there will be no operational changes at Renault as Bob Bell combines the role of team principal with his duties as technical director, it is hard to see how the team will not miss their figurehead, Briatore, and Symonds's tactical nous.
Webber is managed by Flavio Briatore, team boss of Renault, who is thought to be preparing to take the Australian to Renault in 2005.
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Toro Rosso will use the same car as Red Bull, but fitted with a Ferrari engine rather than the Renault used by their parent team.
Both men quit the team last week after Renault decided against contesting the allegations.
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Bahar decided to back Renault and ended the licensing agreement with Team Lotus, claiming that Fernandes breached its terms.
Along with Renault's suspended ban, former team boss Flavio Briatore was effectively banned for life, while their ex-engineering director Pat Symonds was excluded for five years.
He was cleared of any involvement in the recent race-fixing scandal, in which Renault were found to have asked his team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr to crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to aid Alonso's chances of victory.
Robert Kubica again impressed in his Renault, qualifying in seventh place with his team-mate Vitaly Petrov in 13th position.
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Virgin technical director Nick Wirth is hopeful that Timo Glock will take up the year remaining on his contract and stay with the rookie team in 2011 despite rumours that Renault are interested in the German.
South Africa's Desire Wilson was the next woman to enter a race in 1980, and it has been almost 20 years since Giovanna Amati drove for Brabham in 1992, but recently there have been reports claiming that Renault will sign Maria de Villota as the team's third driver.
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