 Zvakanga zvaziviswa musi wa 10 December 2007 kuti Fernando Alonso akanga asaina neRenault F1 nokuda kwe. Alonso akatyaira pamwe chete nemutyairi wekuyedza Nelson Piquet Jr., uye aifungidzirwa kuti akachengetedza chinzvimbo chepamusoro mukati mechikwata. Chikwata chakatanga 2008 nenzira yakafanana negore rapfuura; Fernando Alonso akakwanisa kuwana nzvimbo yechina pakuvhura kweAustralia Grand Prix semhedzisiro yekukanganisa kubva kune aimbove mushandi weRenault Heikki Kovalainen. Zvisinei, fomu yakanga ichiri pasi pe2006 kusvika pamwero mukuru mukati mehafu yekutanga yemwaka wa2008. Chikwata chakaunza zvikamu zvitsva kuSpanish Grand Prix, kusanganisira chivharo chitsva cheinjini, chakatumidzwa kuti Shark-fin, chakafanana neicho chakaunzwa neRed Bull paRB4 yavo. Alonso akakwanisa kupinda mumutsetse wokutanga munhangemutange iyoyo aine mafuta mashoma, asi akarega kumhanya neinjini yakatadza kushanda nechepakati. Kuita kwaAlonso mumutsara wokutanga wokukwikwidza muSpain kwakanga kuri chiitiko chisingawanzoitiki chokubudirira kubva kune aimbova Mukwikwidzi Wenyika. Motokari dzose dziri mbiri dzakasiya basa paCanada Grand Prix naNelson Piquet Jr., uyo akasiya basa pamakwikwi matanhatu pamakwikwi mapfumbamwe okutanga, akakundikana kuwana zvibodzwa kusvikira paFrance Grand Prix. 