F1 – Symonds Offered Immunity

The showdown between the FIA and Renault over race fixing allegations is set to come to a head in just a few days, the FIA has reached out to Pat Symonds (director of engineering) at Renault F1 and offered him immunity from punishment if he releases further details regarding the events surrounding the 2008 Grand Prix of Singapore. Symonds has been somewhat suspect in dealing with these allegations all together. The director indicated that there were discussions about having Piquet crash, but those ideas were brought forward originally by Piquet…

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F1 – Nelson Dropped from Renault

As the silly season continues in Formula 1, a second mid season sacking has occurred in the Renault camp. Nelson Piquet Jr. has been dropped by the French squad due to his lack of performance. Nelson, who is son to three time champion Nelson Piquet Sr., was awarded the second race seat at the beginning of the year. However, he was warned that he was to step up his progress and result or be cut. Nelson Sr. made sure that Flavio Briatore understood that the young Brazilian’s contract could not…

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