World Champion’s Renault team was last night named ‘World Team of the Year’ at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards in Barcelona, Spain.

Often dubbed ‘the sporting Oscars’, the Laureus Awards are a recognition of achievement from the world of sport. The winners are voted by a jury of 40 of the world’s great sports people. Fernando Alonso missed out to tennis player Roger Federer while Valentino Rossi, the MotoGP rider and part-time Ferrari test driver got the ‘Spirit of Sport’ award.