Red_Bull
Gives you wings?
Well whatever happens with the trial, I just hope the WMSC and the FIA get their decision and respective punishment (if applicable) right. We must be left in no doubt in the future that what we see going on during a race is genuine and above board. If it is proven that Renault (represented by Symonds and Briatore as employees) are guilty of forcing Piquet to crash as this is the point of contention, then they must be dealt with severely. If that means booting them from the sport then so be it.
I posted this on the first page, which shows the telemetry of Piquet's car during the accident, and radio transmissions leading up to the incident. On it's own, this evidence is pretty damning, but we're still yet to hear Renault's defence, and there may be perfectly reasonable explanations for the information in the document. If you havent already done so, have a glance through it.
I also think it's wrong of the FIA to grant Piquet immunity from the proceedings. If Renault told him to jump off a cliff would he do it? Apparently Piquet came up with the idea, which must be alarming in it's own right. It's an extremely dishonourable thing to do and Martin Brundle points out in his article on the Times website how he waited all of winter before signing a race by race deal with (presumably) McLaren in 1994. It's clear that he's a spoilt brat who is likely to throw his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way. Over the past one and a half seasons he's demonstrated that he's in over his head in F1 and doesn't belong. I expect his career rests on whether daddy can put together this buy-out of BMW-Sauber, because I can't see too many other racing teams taking him on. He didn't blow the whistle on Renault because of any feelings of sportsmanship or what's right. I expect he did it soley for his own personal satisfaction in seeing Briatore, his 'executioner' dragged down with him.
I posted this on the first page, which shows the telemetry of Piquet's car during the accident, and radio transmissions leading up to the incident. On it's own, this evidence is pretty damning, but we're still yet to hear Renault's defence, and there may be perfectly reasonable explanations for the information in the document. If you havent already done so, have a glance through it.
I also think it's wrong of the FIA to grant Piquet immunity from the proceedings. If Renault told him to jump off a cliff would he do it? Apparently Piquet came up with the idea, which must be alarming in it's own right. It's an extremely dishonourable thing to do and Martin Brundle points out in his article on the Times website how he waited all of winter before signing a race by race deal with (presumably) McLaren in 1994. It's clear that he's a spoilt brat who is likely to throw his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way. Over the past one and a half seasons he's demonstrated that he's in over his head in F1 and doesn't belong. I expect his career rests on whether daddy can put together this buy-out of BMW-Sauber, because I can't see too many other racing teams taking him on. He didn't blow the whistle on Renault because of any feelings of sportsmanship or what's right. I expect he did it soley for his own personal satisfaction in seeing Briatore, his 'executioner' dragged down with him.
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