Singapore 2008: Briatore and Symmonds resign

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Originally Posted by rusha84

How are they ever supposed to prove that such incident occurred? :rolleyes: That was almost a year ago. F1 Singapore is about to start the end of September and then they're suddenly making a big deal of this.

And Piquet is not exactly a very reliable accuser. One could easily think that this is just but a case of sour graping.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

I cant believe anyone would read anthing into the accusation.

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True, it's difficult to believe that there would be any conspiracy or cheating in F1, especially involving such an upstanding pillar of society as Flavio Briatore...........oh wait ;) :p :

It does seem like sour grapes to me but it also seems very plausible that something like this could be set up. In fact as Nelsinho had been crashing all season perhaps they tried to do it before but just didn't manage to pull it off :D

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

True, it's difficult to believe that there would be any conspiracy or cheating in F1, especially involving such an upstanding pillar of society as Flavio Briatore...........oh wait ;) :p :

It does seem like sour grapes to me but it also seems very plausible that something like this could be set up. In fact as Nelsinho had been crashing all season perhaps they tried to do it before but just didn't manage to pull it off :D

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Conspiracy in F1, NEVER :laugh:

I still think it is sour grapes though. NP Jnr has been shouting his mouth off since he was fired. All NP Jnr has done is proven that he is not only a poor driver, but a bloody annoying one too!

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

Conspiracy in F1, NEVER :laugh:

I still think it is sour grapes though. NP Jnr has been shouting his mouth off since he was fired. All NP Jnr has done is proven that he is not only a poor driver, but a bloody annoying one too!

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It has nothing to do with NP Jr and sour grapes. Apparently the incident has been investigated by an independent company at the request of the FIA because Ferrari complained about it.

It's hard to believe, but all the incidents looked so strange at the time and now, and it was a very important moment to Briatore, that victory probably helped him to keep renault at F1, Alonso at renault...
But I don't see a benefit to Piquet for leaking this info, or he could have some "imunity" from helping the investigation?!

anyway, if this is really true it will be very sad...
but for now I have more reasons to believe that is not true.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Perhaps it was Ferrari's way of detracting the attention away from themselves and that hilarious pitstop.

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Sure that's why everything has been made public after almost one year. Great thinking there.

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Originally Posted by HenryM

could have some "imunity" from helping the investigation?!

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I doubt such a thing would exist anyway but stabbing Flav in the back is surely a dangerous game to be playing in F1. Briatore has a lot of power in the sport and I'd have thought that crossing him pretty much means ruling yourself out of even a sniff of an F1 seat. Of course it's apparently not NP Jnr anyway and if Ioan is right then he'll have nothing to fear.

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Originally Posted by HenryM

But I don't see a benefit to Piquet for leaking this info, or he could have some "imunity" from helping the investigation?!

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

I doubt such a thing would exist ...

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Don't doubt it, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were granted imunity by the FIA during Spygate.

hmmm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6816343.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/for...cclestone.html

where does this leave alonso if this is true given that he was the one that dobbed in mclaren over spygate emails ?