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What Renault’s punishment achieves

That punishment, for those who haven’t seen it, is a permanent disqualification from the Formula One world championship, suspended until the end of the 2011 season.  The disqualification will be enforced if, and only if, Renault commit another offence of comparable severity before then.  When you consider that the FIA called this race-fixing offence ‘of [...]

Busted

It seems that Max was right.

Renault will not dispute the Singapore race-fixing allegations made against them, and principal Flavio Briatore has left the team, along with engineering director Pat Symonds.  Symonds has been in Formula One for not far off 30 years, involved with Renault in the team’s original incarnation as Toleman and winning titles with [...]

Getting to the point with Flavio Briatore

It’s all getting a bit messy in the fascinating Piquet vs Renault battle.  Renault have begun criminal proceedings against Nelson Piquet Jr and Sr over an alleged attempt to blackmail the F1 team.  Nelsinho, who has been granted immunity by the FIA, is sticking to his guns with a determination, resolve and fighting spirit that would [...]

How Renault might have gone race-fixing

Might.  For the love of all, remember that their accusers need not be telling the truth.

What we should be discussing is a mouthwatering weekend at Monza, with only five weekends left to settle a championship nobody wants to take ownership of, one in which almost the entire grid suddenly looks capable of causing a disturbance at [...]