would like to know how much money was paid out over the alonso win in Singapore
maybe alonso had no idea about the race fixing ?
Would you tell a FIA snitch about your plans
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would like to know how much money was paid out over the alonso win in Singapore
maybe alonso had no idea about the race fixing ?
Would you tell a FIA snitch about your plans
http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/mod...cle&sid=119296Quote:
Williams co-owner Patrick Head told reporters on Sunday that a journalist informed him Piquet had confessed about the crash 15 minutes after the Singapore night race.
Briatore Out, Prost Or David Richards In ?
Rumours have been circulating that Serena Williams will be representing Flavio and Pat during the WMSC hearings. So far, the rumours have not been confirmed. Please stay tuned.
I think Flav has to go no matter what the outcome. His behaviour is calssless and tarnishes the Renault brand.
I hope Dave Richards gets another crack in F1.
Finally got around to reading ioan's little nugget :up:
Really interesting read there. Now we have some reliable evidence, hopefully we can draw some conclusions and the ones I draw are parallel to the FIA stewards.
1. There was discussion between at least Pat and Jr about a deliberate crash.
2. Flavs reaction to this was not that of a innocent man who knew nothing about the incident but someone that attempted a Blitzkrieg assault on the Piquets to try scare the bejezus out of them rather than investigate exactly what the situation was. Any rational principal would have investigated why Pat admitted he know about a proposed deliberate crash and go from there. Flav does the opposite and instead goes on the attack leading me to suppose that he know exactly the state of affairs.
3. Pat knows he is toast. He answers some questions but avoids incriminating Flav hoping that he can protect him. I think Flav wont be in a position to when the dust settles. The stewards confirm that avoiding answering their questions will lead them to suppose he is guilty to which he replies that he knows it will but he will not lie. Basically he says he's guilty but won't confirm it or what actually happens (protecting Flav?).
4. The crash was indeed deliberate. After Jr starts the wheel spin, he does an involuntary lift (human nature) before jamming his foot down and keeping it there to crash the car. No matter what you think of Jr's driving ability, I don't think anyone here seriously believes he would do this by accident. Hell, not even my Mum thinks the way to correct wheelspin is to jam your foot on full power until you hit a wall.
5. Motive. Renault had nothing to win in this race with Alonso's strategy and they further compromised it by bringing him in 2 laps before they needed to. If this accident didn't happen then Renault would have been nowhere but after it, the Renault team was safe, the sponsors of the Singapore GP (ING) are happy and Renault get a great result all around.
6. The contract. There was no reason whatsoever to resign Jr. He's dog slow and not a F1 driver. Why, why, why, especially after this crash, sign him again :confused:
After examining the evidence, I think the FIA will throw the book at them. I don't think Flav will escape. It would be interesting to get Tamburello's take on this as a Renault fan? I'm not trying to rub salt in but he must be disgusted as I was when it transpired McLaren were guilty of cheating.
Considering that Patrick Head was aware of this before they'd even started packing up after the race, I'm amazed/impressed/disapointed (keep changing my mind) that it has been kept under wraps for so long.
Regardless of the outcome, I'm pretty sickened with both Flav and Piquet (as much with Flavs attitude and comments after as am with Piquets actions) and incredibly sad that Pat was involved.
I'm pleased that Rubens is coming out and saying Flav was out of line with his comments, starting to like him more and more this season.
IMHO this is surely worse than what McLaren did and although I felt McLaren got off lightly I hope Renault or at least those involved get some sort of ban out of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
If they get found guilty, I hope that Flav, Pat and Jr never attend another F1 race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
My views on Renault are in the balance. I don't know if they are conducting a personal investigation but if so, and if they accept the evidence as presented, I would like to see them dismissing both of them before the hearing or directly afterwards. If they don't, then they are being complicit and complacement. I don't think the FIA will stand for that.
i am not sure if Patrick Head did know about it at the time i think and hope that he only found out this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by TMorel
a journalist informed him Piquet had confessed about the crash 15 minutes after the Singapore night race.
Ahhhh OkQuote:
Originally Posted by thunderbolt
"He said that he became aware that Piquet may have crashed on purpose when a journalist friend of his told him that Piquet had let him in on the plot, not long after the race. "
Due to the position of the last comma, I read it as "not long after the Singapore night race, a journalist informed Head that Piquet had confessed about the crash being deliberate"
Especially when the next line was "Many in the sport had their suspicions at the time and I was one of them"
Thanks for correcting my mistake - explain how come everyone kept schtum for so long!