APRIL 23, 2004

Nissan engineer to stay at Renault

Naoki Tokunaga, the Nissan engineer who designed the electronic systems which are used by the Renault F1 team, notably the software used aat the start of the races, has been a man in demnd in recent weeks with offers from his services from Ferrari, Williams and BAR.

Tokunaga is not planning to change jobs and remains an employee of Nissan on secondment to the Renault team from his usual position with the Nismo team in Japan.