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Flavio Briatore has resigned as the team principal of the Renault Formula One team after the alleged plan to fix last year’s Singapore Grand Prix...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article6836809.ece

I assume the court case against Piquet is not anywhere, then !!  :D

Hearing is due to start on Monday

It'll be interesting what punishment Renault get from the FIA.

Throw the book at them(if its true. :D)

Next thing we find out is wrestling is fixed?

If sports we’re TV sitcom characters F1 would have to be Alan Partridge.

Utterly farcical.

Race fixing is one thing, but having a driver deliberately crash is beyond belief. Someone could very easily have been seriously hurt - another card hitting the debris or a steward hit by a car for example.

Surely its going to be a lengthy ban for the team and the driver from all motor sport.

Mr Piquet sir, see that cliff over there, be a good lad and jump off it will you?

Honestly, the only interesting bit about F1 is just how seriously they all take themselves.

Its alright DV/Dave - he doesn't mean it !

I suspect that now that Briatore has gone all the blame will be put on him, the renault bosses will plead ignorance and probaby get off with a fine or suspended ban

I'm sure Daddy will put in a good word for him.

There is no way they were the only two in the team other than Piquet who knew what was going to happen / happend.  Its just a cover up to take as much pressure off Renault as possible so they will continue to bank roll the team.  Which is pointless really with the new Lotus team yesterday and the BMW being bought by the owners of Notts County.

In my opinion throw the book at Renault, show everyone what happens when you fix races, let Renault quit the sport (for now) and still have 13 teams on the grid next year

Pathetic sentence, 2 year suspended ban for the team.

Flav has been given a life ban (QPR implications?) and Symonds a 5 year ban.

Look what happened to McLaren in spygate. This is just as serious in my eyes.

This is more serious though, the lives of Piquet, other drivers and spectators have been put at risk. Flying debris from Piquet's car could have hit anyone a la Massa incident. As you say pathetic, punishments in F1 clearly fit the team not the crime.

Briatore does fuck all for QPR anyway

Except wanting to pick the team, and do the tactics (allegedly)

A slap on the wrists...a 2 year suspended ban...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8266090.stm

It's not even that ! Might as well have given Alonso a couple of points on his licence !

So McLaren steal some technical information and they get the book thrown at them, whilst Renault don't even get a slap on the wrist for putting lives at risk. Formula 1 is a joke, I'm surprised anyone watches it anymore.

Why should the whole team be punished for the actions of three individuals?

Because the team benefits, and they work for them. There were only 3 or 4 people involved in the McLaren scandal, but they get penalised $100m.

It wasn't just any three individuals though, it was; the team boss, the head of engineering and a driver. So that's three of the four most important individuals at the team, with some question marks over whether the fourth (Alonso) was involved as well.

Besides, everybody knows that the real reason they didn't give them the punishment they deserved is that they didn't want them to turn their back on motor sport. As usual with Formula 1 it was the wrong decision for the wrong reasons. Every time you think they've done the dumbest thing possible they pull one out of the bag and do something dumber.

Who gives a fuck. Formula 1 is the pits. Those directly involved exude  more greed and arrogance than any of our Premier League teams could manage. Those who enthuse over it are as naive as Oxford fans and as plastic as Reading fans. Ok, wave your Ferrari flags all you want, if you want to be associated with a crooked 'sport'. Whoops ! I forgot that 2 high profile figures within our club actually make money from F1. Deary me.

:) Good work, nev would be proud.

If the FL apply the rules, Briatore should now be kicked out of QPR as he fails the Fit and Proper test by virtue of having been barred by another sport's administrative body. Don't hold your breath.

Flavio Briatore has won his appeal against the lifetime ban imposed by the FIA.

The FIA are going to appeal the decision.

Two words



Fucking Shambles

Two words of explanation: The French.

Made me think of this song...don't know why...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knyH0JDwlYg