Singapore 2008: Briatore and Symmonds resign

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Originally Posted by Robinho

i'd read all this as a sign of Renaults desire to stayu in the sport - if they were not that bothered why would they ship out Symonds and Flav.

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They have an image to protect, and they wouldn't want to be seen as cheaters, so throwing the 2 of them out sends out the right message: 'Renault does not tolerate crooks because we are an honest organization.'

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Is this a shoe in for Dave Richards or Prost?

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Probably, there as an article a few days ago saying that they are likely to take Flav's position at Renault F1.

In my opinion Renault with escape big punishment after this. But about Singapore GP, I doubt that the results will be touched - what happened, happened and I doubt that it is possible to change results in a race from finished championship. It will be a bad PR in a situation, which is already bad enough. With Flav and Symonds gone, the story should be over...

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Publicly saying that he got fired is a surefire way of being on the wrong end of one of him "criminal proceedings" - which, incidentally, I assume he now intends to drop.

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I suppose that even if he doesn't drop them the French authorities will do that anyway and he might also get some slack for misleading them.

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Originally Posted by John Glimmerveen

In my wildest dreams I cannot think of a single reason why Flavio, Symonds and Piquet Jr. thought they could get away with this. (My article: http://formula-1.suite101.com/articl...s_and_briatore)

Is there any other option for the FIA but to exclude all of them?

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No, Piquet Jr and Symonds were already granted immunity if they say the truth.

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Originally Posted by ioan

In order to put all IFs to rest the easiest thing to do would be to declare the Singapore GP results void because the result was fixed and thus not legitimate.

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Yes but the results have to stand. If the results were declared null and void at the time then people would have raced differently in the subsequent races. The results stand and Lewis is champion no matter how much I wish it could be different. Lewis shouldn't pay for something that wasn't his doing or even his teams doing.

Wow, genuinely didn't see that coming. On the plus side, this must mean that Renault want to stay in F1. I'm sure there's going to be an enormous punishment now but no bans.

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Originally Posted by ioan

In order to put all IFs to rest the easiest thing to do would be to declare the Singapore GP results void because the result was fixed and thus not legitimate.

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Can't do it once a result has been declared.

It would have had to be questioned and investigated at the time. If they annulled the result, who knows what would have happened with other races if drivers positions were altered.

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Originally Posted by N. Jones

... especially if the Renault team says they are not going to dispute the charges (although that does not mean they are admitting guilt).

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Please explain how is that not admitting guilt.

Because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't have to open his/her mouth.