Check out:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/renault/6197791/Renault-F1-Singapore-Grand-Prix-crash-FIA-evidence.html
If you read the Steward's report it is very damning of Symond's involvement, at least. He acknowledges there was discussion of a deliberate crash (though he says Piquet initiated it) and he refuses to answer questions concerning his role in planning it.
Briatore is going the full denial route, though. It is hard to imagine Symonds and Piquet doing this without his consent.
They also review the telemetry data and radio traffic, which both indicate some unusual actions that support Piquet's assertions that the crash was deliberate.
Not sure it's any different than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2MeWpZSeL8
There's a reason I watch WRC instead of F1. And not just because of the silly "you have to run two tire compounds" rule.
Will
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9/16/09 7:33 p.m.
kb58 wrote:
From now on, F1 risks being viewed the same way as other pro sports, where we wonder if the game's been fixed. "We want you to win, so that car there has to not win, make it so."
From now on?? That's how I've viewed F1 since Rubens pulled over and let Schumacher win.
Back in 89, 90 and 94 championships were won by "accidental" crashes. This is nothing new, just a more fraudulent attempt at the same old E36 M3
Will wrote:
That's how I've viewed F1 since Rubens pulled over and let Schumacher win.
team orders have been around for ever... as long as there has been F1 with teams of multiple cars there have been point bys , car swapping , on purpose wrecks....
don't forget that later that season Schumacher pull over and let Rubens by...
that sorta evened them up
I will say it was a fairly convincing crash for Piquet. Not near as obvious as Schmacher's qualifying incident at Monaco.
Replay
And let's not forget Alonso's gaff in the pits to keep Hamilton off the course cause Hamilton was getting all media attention and was faster than him. Not team orders, just indicative of how far Alonso will go to look good.
