The Italian was found guilty in the crash-gate and decided to leave the team prior to the announcement of the FIA verdict, in order to save it from the FIA punishment. Only days to the Singapore Grand Prix, Renault appointed their former technical director Bob Bell as new team principal, while also giving him the chief technical officer position within the Enstone organization.
However, soon after his appointment as new head of the Renault F1 Team, Bell admitted that he is not prepared to take the job for the long term. He will therefore stay in those positions under an interim mandate, after which he'll step aside and leave someone else take the job.
Prost was team principal in Formula One before – actually, he was team owner of Prost Grand Prix – until he failed to secure the necessary sponsorship for his team in 2001. While revealing that he will write a book about what truly happened to his team 8 years ago, Prost hinted that he continues to be interested in the Renault job. On the condition, of course, that the French manufacturer also wants his help.
“It is complicated. I am not looking for work, but it is something that could interest me. Everything depends on what Renault really wants to do,” said the 54-year old Frenchman in an interview with the Belgian newspaper Vers l'Avenir.
Another high-ranked motor racing figure linked with a potential return to Renault was David Richards. The man who took care of Subaru's WRC operations until last year was previously worked for the French manufacturer (in the Benetton days) in 1997. He was also team principal of BAR until Honda took over the team in 2004.
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