The work on the Formula 1 Renault R25 for the 2005 championship mainly concerned aerodynamics and chassis, to make the car's behavior more predictable than that of the R24. Equipped with the 2998cc V10 type RS54 engine, the R25 allowed Fernando Alonso to win his first F1 world title. His teammate Fisichella finished in fifth place. Renault took the constructors' title ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari.
In the year of his first world title, Fernando Alonso won 7 races, including the San Marino GP in Imola, where the Spanish driver, who started second, led the race from start to finish, confirming a splendid state of form.
The Danhausen company of Aachen, Germany, began producing its own series of handcrafted 1:43 models under the names Metal 43, Plumbies, SD Models and Minichamps in 1974. Between 1976 and 1990, AMR produced over 70 different Minichamps models for Danhausen. The mass production of highly detailed die-cast model cars, marketed under the name Minichamps, began in China in 1990 and marked a real revolution in the field of model making, with high quality products at extremely competitive prices. Minichamps models are developed in Germany, but production and assembly takes place in the Far East. In less than ten years Minichamps practically became the reference in the diecast sector. In 2004 the first resin miniatures were introduced. Over the years other scales have been developed significantly, including 1:18. The Maxichamps range, which includes affordable reissues of older Minichamps items, was introduced in 2016.