Apr.10 (GMM) Renault is set to become the next formula one team to turn to the powers of a supercomputer to help it move up the grid.

It has emerged that Appro, a California-based company, has won a contract to supply a high-performance 'Xtreme-X2' supercomputer to the French team's new CFD facility at Enstone (UK).

The computer, apparently increasing the team's computing capacity by a factor of five, will be shipped and installed at the factory by the end of June, Appro confirmed.