Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.
Flav Briatore leaves Renault, and they aren’t gonna dispute charges of cheating at Singapore last year. Wow.
http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5563045,00.html
Renault F1 have announced that team principal Flavio Briatore and engineering chief Pat Symonds have left the team and that they will "not dispute" the allegations of race-fixing when they appear before the FIAs World Motor Sport Council on Monday.
Briatore leaves Renault; team won't dispute charge
Jordan: Evidence must've been 'clear-cut'
Briatore and Symonds leave Renault F1
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Read in full the evidence assembled by the FIA in its investigation into Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jnr's crash at last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
Renault F1 Singapore Grand Prix crash: FIA evidence
Renault to reveal hand on Flavio Briatore
Renault's Pat Symonds offered immunity by FIA over Singapore crash
Who is Flavio Briatore dating?
And now he's settled down and married
He should relax and do some cialis advertisements
and shes smokin...
It was also announced that Lotus would return to F1 in 2010 for the first time since 1994. The Malaysia-backed entry will use Cosworth engines and have Mike Gascoyne as technical director.
A most interesting development.
Too bad they will be stuck in totally predictable no fuel stop races.
Oh, that was sweeeeeeet...
WOW- goodbye Renault.....
didn’t he marry elisabeta????
one’s gotta wonder when the axe will fall on Alonso- he got off scott free for most of that McClaren mess and now he’s the center of focus again...and I like Freddie....
he admitted knowing about the Ferrari plans handed over by Stepny two years ago and nothing happened to him- never mind the incident in qually at the Hungaroring that year when he got a slap on the wrist...
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yes- but someone asked “whose he dating”...I think he married her- some great nude shots available of her on the web ;)
first Ralph Schumacher and his gorgeous wife now flavio...oh the humanity!!!
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The future of the Renault Formula 1 team will be decided by the sport's governing body at a hearing on Monday.
The FIA could permanently exclude the team, who will not contest charges that they ordered Brazilian Nelson Piquet to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
However, it is thought more likely that Renault will be issued with a heavy fine or suspended ban.
Piquet has immunity from prosecution and former team-mate Fernando Alonso is unlikely to face punishment.
The FIA agreed not to pursue action against the Brazilian for his role in uncovering the details of the scandal, while the organisation has said it has no reason to suspect Alonso knew anything of the plot apparently agreed between the team's two bosses and Piquet.
from here... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8265319.stm
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