Singapore 2008: Briatore and Symmonds resign

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Originally Posted by Lemmy-Boy

Love or hate him, before he steps down as the Master of FIA, Max Mosely seems to have gotten the last laugh! In a course of a year, he was able to puppeteer or witness the exit of his arch-enemies from F1 (ie. Ron Dennis & Flavio Briatore).

I wonder who's next on his chopping block? I guess Max is planning one hell of a retirement party. Leather and whips anyone?

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Dennis and Flavio got what was coming to him, but to praise Max is a bit rich, no?

Whether he was guilty of exhibiting disrespect towards Jews or not, his "activity" was creepy, disgraceful, and perhaps demented. His vote-of-confidence was not an affirmation of his good character, but ONLY a machiavellian (and I might add cowardly) measure taken by the panel.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Sorry but nobody in this has gained any credibility I'm afraid. Piquet may have been telling the truth, but he chose to go along with it and deceive the viewing public which makes him as bad as Flav in all this. Plus he then ratted the team out to the FIA... He's got to be the most unemployable person in motorsport at present along with Flav and Pat. Would you employ a snitch?

Recently a chap at my work was caught doing something he shouldn't have, and was grassed up by a fellow colleague. The result was, both were sacked as one had broken the Health and safety rules and the other was deemed untrustworthy. Nobody likes a snitch.. :p

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remember, 'Snitches get stitches...' as they say in the 'hood... ;) :p

Well, I for one won't miss Flavio. If Schumacher's Ferrari and Hamilton's McLaren have been accused of favouring one driver, then IMO Briatore's teams have been the worst one-man-teams.

Losing Symonds is a more serious issue. During his long career he managed to build a good reputation as a top specialist in his area - a shame that it got tainted now.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Lewis on the other hand was a dirty little liar himself that weekend in Oz, and well documented by myself and the majority of the forum that what he did was wrong. Snitch he was not I'm afraid, as Mclaren filtered out Ryan who was easily replaceable compared to a recent WDC at the beginning of his career. Lewis then gave a statement written by their press officer which indicated Ryan was mainly at fault. Passing the buck it was indeed, but how do you snitch on your team when your team are giving you the words in which to do it?? Totally different situation. :)

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I agree, at least Piquet told the truth in the end I wonder when will Lewis get to that point.

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Originally Posted by VkmSpouge

I'm glad Flavio Briatore is gone and I'm sure he'll survive, he still has QPR after all. I wouldn't be surprised that now with the three people involved in this crash plot gone from the team that the punishment will be more lenient

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Unless Alonso was also involved...

Either he was unaware of their plot or he wasn't.

If he did know anything about it then he didn't care when he took the chequered flag.

Of course that wouldn't mean that Fernando himself was cheating or fixing races, but it would mean that he is directly related to it. If the team did all this behind Alonso's back, then he should leave (if he isn't already).

As for Massa, well it's up to him as to whether he wants to sue Fattio.

See you in a couple of weeks guys.

I read the "dossier" papers in the link posted above. The stewards report says that they were unable to say that Flav new about the plan.

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Originally Posted by Giuseppe F1

A couple of points re: Briatore have just come to mind:

1) What happens to his football involvement with Bernie Ecclestone with the English club, Queens Park Rangers? Surely the English FA wont want or wont allow such a senior figure who will seemingly be convicted of cheating in a major sporting event/championship to be active in their championship.

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...because all the other owners are fine upstanding gentlemen....????

WT

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

Depends on who else Max thinks was behind the Nazi photos. Do you guys think it was Ron? Or Flav? My money would go for Italian mob and a paid job by Flav :)

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That's an interesting question!

Formula 1 has lost. It has always been great to have Briatore around and he made both the Bennetton and Renault team what they were. A great atmosphere with rock music and fun yet still able to get on with the task.

People have gotten too crazy about this issue. After all it was no more serious than Michael Schumacher ramming into Damon Hill or trying to do the same to Jacques Villeneuve.

And which racing team has never tried to bend the rules to breaking point or in years gone by when tv was not so intrusive sort of "knocked" into a another driver on the back end of a circuit?

And what occurrs in Vegas stays in Vegas - a previous season's issues should remain closed but instead we have this typical nanny state investigation ready to blow up.

And Nelson Piquet - if ever there was a spoilt little bitch that should never be given the chance to sit in a f1 racing car again, then he is the bitch.

I wish Flavio and Symonds well. Their record of achievement and the enjoyment they have provided fans over the years far outweighs this overblown saga.

The Renault company panicked and in doing so it has destroyed the structure of a race winning and championship able team.

I see absolutely no reason now for Alonso to remain at Renault and predict that they will likely become also-rans unless they can hire someone like Dave Richards of Pro-Drive.

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