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Post by schumi on Aug 30, 2009 16:47:06 GMT
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Post by schumi on Sept 4, 2009 21:01:46 GMT
Renault will face charges of race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix after being summoned to an extraordinary meeting of the World Motorsport Council.
The FIA have revealed that Renault will face charges of being in breach of the international sporting code relating to last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
Renault is accused of telling their former driver Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately crash out of the Singapore race in order to force a safety car which would help the chances of team-mate Fernando Alonso.
The FIA begun investigations after allegations were made during Sunday's Belgian GP about the Singapore race, which Alonso went on to win.
The investigation resulted in Friday's announcement from the FIA that Renault officials had been summoned to a hearing that will take place in Paris on September 21.
In a statement the FIA said: "Representatives of ING Renault F1 have been requested to appear before an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Monday, 21 September 2009.
"The team representatives have been called to answer charges, including a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code, that the team conspired with its driver, Nelson Piquet Jr, to cause a deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix with the aim of causing the deployment of the safety car to the advantage of its other driver, Fernando Alonso."
Article 151c related to bringing the sport into disrepute and should Renault be found guilty the team face severe sanctions which could result in them being excluded from the current Formula One World Championship.
Renault have so far refused to comment on the matter.
From planet-f1.com
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Post by admin on Sept 4, 2009 22:19:19 GMT
That's the way the cookie crumbles - a FIA witchhunt against Flavio for his part in the proposed "breakaway".
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Post by schumi on Sept 16, 2009 10:29:10 GMT
The Daily Mail have printed the radio transmissions: www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5562633,00.html I can't see anything in there suggesting Nelson crash - can anyone else? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 12:07:45 GMT
The Daily Mail have printed the radio transmissions: www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5562633,00.html I can't see anything in there suggesting Nelson crash - can anyone else? Hmm, interesting new development msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5563078,00.html What do you make of that? |
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Post by schumi on Sept 16, 2009 14:15:38 GMT
It seems it was all down to telemetry which showed Piquet accelerating into the crash, rather than braking as a driver would usually do.  |
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Post by schumi on Sept 18, 2009 6:16:57 GMT
Hey, genghis, I just had a thought. With Alonso's race win being contrived, and Massa therefore losing out on 2 points, does that mean Lewis Hamilton, who won the title by a single point, isn't a true champion?  ;D  It's all kicked off this week. Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds may have resigned, but the ex Renault boss is coming under fire from several parties. Not only could he face criminal charges and be sued by Renault, Nelson Piquet Senior is now talking about taking his son's former boss to court as, amazingly, Piquet Junior has a contract in place that would see him give up 20 percent of his earnings to Briatore over the next 15 years. |
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Post by Genghis on Sept 18, 2009 10:45:31 GMT
Hey, genghis, I just had a thought. With Alonso's race win being contrived, and Massa therefore losing out on 2 points, does that mean Lewis Hamilton, who won the title by a single point, isn't a true champion? ;D Nice try, Schumi, but I believe if Alonso is disqualifed from the Singapore GP (unlikely I would have thought other sanctions would be imposed instead, such as a mighty, mighty fine), it's Hamilton who is promoted from third to second and therefore wins the championship by THREE points. ;D ;D |
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Post by schumi on Sept 18, 2009 10:52:41 GMT
Massa finished out of the points anyway. Just teasin' ya. |
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Post by Genghis on Sept 18, 2009 11:17:28 GMT
Massa finished out of the points anyway. Just teasin' ya. I did realise that. Anyway, of course Massa finished out of the points - it was the race when the Ferrari team sent him down the pit lane with fuel rig still in tow and I fell off the sofa in hystercial laughter. ;D ;D |
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Post by schumi on Sept 21, 2009 14:07:57 GMT
Hearing results today. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8266090.stmAlonso exonerated, Renault given a 2 year suspended ban, and Flav not allowed to have anything to do with the sport for an undefined period of time. That means Alonso and Webber will have to find new managers, or they won't be granted a license by the FIA for next year. |
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Post by admin on Sept 23, 2009 19:46:23 GMT
The leniency shown toward Renault just shows this was a "witch hunt" against Flavio - perhaps if McLaren had shamefully ditched the great Ron Dennis (rather hard, I accept, since Dennis was McLaren) they'd have been circa $150 million better off.
Don't Renault still have McLaren technology in their cars?
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Post by schumi on Sept 24, 2009 14:26:57 GMT
The leniency shown toward Renault just shows this was a "witch hunt" against Flavio - perhaps if McLaren had shamefully ditched the great Ron Dennis (rather hard, I accept, since Dennis was McLaren) they'd have been circa $150 million better off. The reason given the McLaren punishment was so severe was that they lied, and denied the charges. Flavio was the only one who denied this charge initially - the Renault team said they wouldn't contest it - and Flavio was left bearing the brunt of the punishment. He's now the black sheep, and anyone found to have association with him won't be granted a license for next year. It could also impact on his position with QPR, as anyone who has been banned by a sport's governing body can't be an owner (or part owner, in his case) of a football team. Had Flavio not lied about it, it could be a whole different scenario. I'm afraid I have little sympathy, although F1 will be a duller sport without him. |
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Post by admin on Sept 25, 2009 18:41:36 GMT
The reason given the McLaren punishment was so severe was that they lied, and denied the charges. The reason McLaren's punishment was so severe was that the son of a fascist hated Ron Dennis and Ecclestone hated the fact that McLaren are so superior to the Italian kings of comedy. |
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Post by schumi on Sept 25, 2009 18:53:34 GMT
The reason McLaren's punishment was so severe was that the son of a fascist hated Ron Dennis and Ecclestone hated the fact that McLaren are so superior to the Italian kings of comedy. I must have missed that in the official PR. |
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