Singapore 2008: Briatore and Symmonds resign

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

I also wonder how the WMSC hearing might affect any legal proceedings.

If Renault are found guilty by the FIA that would rather undermine their case against the Piquets wouldn't it?

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Well, let's just hope that the Piquets are in the wrong then.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Is this Flavspeak for "we've told the police but want to make it sound more scary"?

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Most likely.

Ps is flavspeak similar to rontalk? ;)

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Originally Posted by Sonic

Most likely.

Ps is flavspeak similar to rontalk? ;)

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Other way round

Flavtalk = Ronspeak but not equal to Abespeak!!

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

This snippet from an article from todays 'Times Online';

Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One commercial rights-holder, told The Times that Piquet informed him he was going to tell the FIA about the affair as long ago as the Monaco Grand Prix at the end of May.

According to Ecclestone, Piquet has told the FIA that it was Ecclestone who encouraged the driver to follow through on a course of action that would damage Briatore, but the promoter denied this.

“At no time did I tell him to f*** Flavio,” Ecclestone said last night. “He said he was going to do it and I simply said, ‘There is no use you saying you are going to do something — either do it or stop talking about it.’ To be honest, I genuinely believed at that time that he would not do it.”

So, let me get this right, Bernie new about this earlier this year, and said nothing.

WHAT IS GOING ON???

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So typical of Bernard Ecclestone. He is just not up to the game when complicated situations arise so he directs everything to be solved by Max who luckily enough (for Bernie) is no slouch when it comes to finding the right solutions.

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Originally Posted by ioan

So typical of Bernard Ecclestone. He is just not up to the game when complicated situations arise so he directs everything to be solved by Max who luckily enough (for Bernie) is no slouch when it comes to finding the right solutions.

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Alernatively, if he 'knew' that the Piquets were at fault, he was baiting them perhaps?

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

From the Autosport article:


Have they though? Certainly in the UK no private individual or company can begin criminal proceedings. Only the CPS (or in extreme cases organisations like the Information Commissioner) can do that. Is this Flavspeak for "we've told the police but want to make it sound more scary"?

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AFAIK this can't be done in France either.
And why am I not surprised that they are doing it in France instead of a neutral country like the Switzerland for example. Same old French protectionism that never changes.

This is just a try to intimidate the Piquets to back off, but IMO it's too late now that Rufus got hold of the sworn statements and other relevant data.

Anyway if the FIA finds Symonds and/or Briatore guilty than Renault will look like clueless muppets and will have to endure a nice little legal action from he Piquet's that might end with them getting enough money to buy a smaller F1 team.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Alernatively, if he 'knew' that the Piquets were at fault, he was baiting them perhaps?

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What for? There's nothing in it for him. And he would have known that Max is able to tell a lie from truth especially when he had a full squad of private detectives to investigate it before making anything public.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Well, let's just hope that the Piquets are in the wrong then.

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Nah, I'm really geared up to see the sweat bag leave F1 once and for all! :D

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Originally Posted by ioan

So typical of Bernard Ecclestone. He is just not up to the game when complicated situations arise...

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Eh :confused:

It's not for Bernie to rule on these kind of things. That's the FIA's job.

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Originally Posted by leopardsleeping

The occurrence has been good a while, hence this case is already beyond its limitation period.

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The police and FA are considering investigating an allegation of match fixing which dates back to... wait for it...

1995.

If it's a crime, it's still a crime a decade or more later.

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Police have contacted the Football Association over an admission by former England striker Matt Le Tissier that he was part of a failed betting scam.

In his autobiography, Taking Le Tiss, he admitted gambling on the time of the first throw-in in Southampton's 2-0 win at Wimbledon in April 1995.

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