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By Andrew Benson
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 Renault could become the fourth manufacturer to quit F1 in a year
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Renault is to discuss pulling out of Formula 1 at an emergency board meeting in Paris on Wednesday.
The French car company will decide whether to remain in the sport with its own team, switch to simply being an engine supplier or quit altogether.
The news comes on the day that Toyota announced its decision to quit F1, becoming the third car company to leave the sport in the last 11 months.
Renault is not expected to make public its decision on Wednesday.
The company does not want to distract attention from a publicity event on Thursday at which president Carlos Ghosn will promote the company's efforts at introducing zero-emission vehicles.
The emergency board meeting will be attended by Renault F1 bosses Bob Bell and Jean-Francois Caubet, but they will not be allowed to take part in the debate about the team's future.
A Renault spokeswoman was unable to comment.
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Renault have had their least competitive F1 season since 2001 and finished eighth out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship after Sunday's final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
The company came under scrutiny for the team's involvement in the Singapore 2008 race-fixing scandal, in which they decided not to contest charges that they had asked Nelson Piquet Jr to crash to aid team-mate Fernando Alonso's bid for victory.
Motorsport's governing body the FIA gave Renault a ban from F1, suspended for two years, as punishment, while team bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds were forbidden from attending FIA-sanctioned events.
Last month, Renault signed the highly-rated Polish driver Robert Kubica to lead their team in 2010 as a replacement for double world champion Alonso, who has moved to Ferrari.
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