 Complete the following phrase:  It was announced on 10 December 2007 that Ferdo Alonso had signed with Renault F1 for . Alonso drove alongside promoted test driver Nelson Piquet Jr., and was believed to have secured number one status within the team. The team started 2008 in a similar manner as the year before; Ferdo Alonso managed to garner fourth at the opening Australian Grand Prix as a result of a mistake from previous Renault employee Heikki Kovalainen. However, form was still short of 2006 by a large degree over the first half of the 2008 season. The team brought new parts to the Spanish Grand Prix, including a new engine-cover, dubbed the Shark-fin, similar to the one introduced by Red Bull on their RB4. Alonso managed to qualify on the front row for that race on a light fuel-load, yet retired with an engine-failure halfway through. Alonsos front row qualifying performance in Spain was a rare moment of achievement from the former World Champion. Both cars retired at the 