…i beleive piquets head will be on the choppig block…
I understand Nelson Piquet has been given immunity for ‘spilling-the-beans’ however he apparently only chose this course because he was to loose his seat…..up until that point he was presumably fine with the teams actions!
Renault are clearly trying to pre-empt any sanction by the FIA, probably in the hope that they can avoid (what should be) a massive fine. Renault director general Patrick Pelata says:
“Flavio Briatore considered he was morally responsible and resigned. We don’t want a fault by two people to reflect upon the whole company and the entire Formula 1 team.”
I bet you don’t! :rolleyes:
Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have helped by ‘falling-on-their-swords’ but that isn’t and should not be considered enough.
Ask yourself this: how did the team communicate the ‘crash order’ to Nelson Piquet?
It had to be done over the team radio (or possibly the car telemetry) and because that is monitored during the race there had to be a coded signal organised beforehand; so was premeditated crashing always a part of Renault’s race strategy?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8261004.stm
I doubt Renault will get a fine as big as McLaren did for ‘spying’, in my opinion, a far lesser offence…
…and remember Alonso’s win could so easily have cost Hamilton the championship in 2008!
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