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Piquet leads double points finish for Renault

Renault saw both its cars in the points at this afternoon's French Grand Prix as Nelson Piquet and Fernando Alonso finished in 7th and 8th places respectively in the team's home race. 

"I have to be disappointed today," said Alonso. "I am sure we could have fought for the podium, but I lost too many positions at the start, and after that I was not able to find the pace I had shown yesterday. The car was fast in a straight line, but I still couldn't make any progress. I scored a point, but I'm determined to do better for the British Grand Prix."

Nelson Piquet commented, "It's the first time that everything has gone without any problems for me. The car and the team's strategy worked well and I was able to score my first couple of points today. I am happy and I hope that we can continue like this for the rest of the season."

Team boss Flavio Briatore added, "We had other hopes for today, but we are happy nonetheless to see our two cars finish in the points. Fernando lost some positions at the start and we were not able to come back from that. Nelson had a remarkable race, very consistent and aggressive, and I am very pleased to see him score his first points today."

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