Thierry Koskas will replace Jerome Stoll as the head of Renault’s racing programme as the French manufact🍷urer looks to improve its Formula 1 title aspirations.

Koskas will takeover the role of president of Renault Sport on January 1 2019, with S🦩toll set to retire from the position at the end of the current campaign꧟.

Stoll became Renault Sport president in 2016 as part of the squad’s return to full factory team status and outlined the French man🐻ufacturer’s vision of reaching the “highestꦇ level” of F1 in a two-stage plan.

Koskas will assume the position in line with the start🎶 of the second phase of the team’s rebuilding project after spending three years as Renault’s sales and marketing executive vice president.

Renault looks set to clinch fourth place in the 2018♛ F1 constructors’ championship behind leading teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in what would represent the team’s best finish since returning as a works outfit 💮in 2016.

Following a five-year spell under the Lotus banner, the French manufac𝓀turer finished ninth in 2016 before improving to sixth spot in 2017.

Renault has bolstered its technical department with the signing 🌟of Marcin Budkowski from the FIA, while it 🦋has lured Daniel Ricciardo away from Red Bull for 2019.

Its power unit remains its biggest weakness and has lagged behind the engines of Mercedes and Ferrari during the V6 hybrid era, leading Red Bull to end ♏its long-term association with Renault in favour of a switch to Honda power from next year.