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Old 09-11-2009, 03:29 AM
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Default Renault F1 are fecked

It's all gone crazy

It's got the lot

race-fixing
blackmail
Brazilians
Italians


A right dirty mess

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8250436.stm
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Originally Posted by k3vin,Sep 11 2009, 11:29 AM
It's all gone crazy
Just what F1 needed right now, another scandal.

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BBC are reporting:
Renault accept guilt in Singapore race-fix row; boss Flavio Briatore leaves the team

On the Renault F1 site

http://www.ing-renaultf1.com/en/_2009/team...sk/communiques/

Surely Alonso will got to Ferrari now.
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That is one seious admission of guilt.

Always suspected that Briatore was a cheating B****d.
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Wow - I wonder if/should there be repercussions to the driver (piquet jnr?) - crashing into a wall on purpose - not sure I could or would do it !?
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was not expecting that.


i will have a word with him on saturday at the game.
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Link won't work for me

What does it say?
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Originally Posted by dreamer,Sep 16 2009, 12:34 PM
Wow - I wonder if/should there be repercussions to the driver (piquet jnr?) - crashing into a wall on purpose - not sure I could or would do it !?
Sometimes it's a dirty job.

I was under team orders when I went into the tyre wall at Lydden last year.
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Originally Posted by dreamer,Sep 16 2009, 11:34 AM
Wow - I wonder if/should there be repercussions to the driver (piquet jnr?) - crashing into a wall on purpose - not sure I could or would do it !?
Piquet and Symonds have immunity from prosecution by the FIA.
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Renault press release


[QUOTE]
ING Renault F1 Team Statement


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