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Nelson Piquet Jr Moves to NASCAR

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It will come as a surprise to no one, perhaps, that Nelson Piquet, Jr is turning his back on the world of Formula 1, and making a journey across the pond to compete in NASCAR.
Piquet was disgraced last year after being implicated in the so-called Crashgate scandal.  Piquet admitted to deliberately crashing his car in [...]

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Briatore Threatens to Sue the Piquets

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While a French court has declared Flavio Briatore’s lifetime ban from Formula 1, a judgment rendered by the FIA, null and void, Briatore isn’t so sure that he’s ready to jump back into the F1 fray.
As reported in Autosport, Briatore said, “Let me take a little time to enjoy this moment of happiness after this [...]

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Flavio Briatore’s Lifetime Formula 1 Ban is Overturned

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Another chapter of the 2009 Crashgate scandal has been brought to a close.  Flavio Briatore’s lifetime ban from Formula 1 has been overturned by a French judge.  Briatore, the former team principal of the Renault team, had received the ban by the FIA for his alleged participation in a race-fixing scheme at the 2008 Singapore [...]

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Barrichello Predicts Fireworks Between Massa and Alonso

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Rubens Barrichello has predicted a volatile relationship between Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa at Ferrari next year.  According to a report in The Guardian, Barrichello said, “Alonso and Massa will be a Latin partnership and we will see a few more sparks than if they were two Finns. Felipe has shown the talent he has [...]

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Massa Insists Alonso Knew About Conspiracy

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Felipe Massa has made a fresh allegation that Fernando Alonso was fully aware of the Crashgate conspiracy at last year’s Singapore GP.  As reported in The Guardian, Massa told a group of Brazilian journalists on Wednesday, “It was the team and Nelson, but Alonso was part of the problem.  He knew. We cannot know it, [...]

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Prost to Head Renault in 2010?

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Alain Prost is apparently still in the picture as a prospective team principal at Renault for 2010 and beyond.  While there has been no official statement by Renault, their current management team, Bob Bell and Jean-François Caubet, are currently serving on an interim basis, to the end of 2009.  Bell and Caubet were appointed hastily [...]

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Crashgate Settled

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The Crashgate saga appears to have come to an end. Renault have been handed a two-year suspended ban from the sport for their inadvertent participation in the conspiracy. Engineering head Pat Symonds has been ousted from the sport for five years, and team boss Flavio Briatore has been banned permanently.
To many, this seems [...]

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Piquet Sr Willing to Take Flavio to Court

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According to a report published in the German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Nelson Piquet, Sr. is using current allegations against Flavio Briatore as leverage to extricate Piquet, Jr. from a long-term that currently binds the young Brazilian driver to the Italian impresario.  Briatore, who has long been mentor and manager to many drivers on [...]

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Briatore and Symonds Leave Renault

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In yet another dramatic development in the Crashgate saga, Team Renault have decided to attempt damage control by releasing team director Flavio Briatore, and chief engineer Pat Symonds with immediate effect.  Along with announcing the departure of Briatore and Symonds, the official statement from the team stated that, “The ING Renault F1 Team will not [...]

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Symonds Offered Deal to Finger Flavio

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In the latest development in the Crashgate scandal, Renault’s head of engineering Pat Symonds has been offered immunity from any penalties or sanctions that might be imposed by the FIA in return for his full cooperation in the ongoing investigation.  Whether or not Symonds has accepted the offer is unclear.
It is quite clear, however, that [...]

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