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Renault have been given a two-year suspended ban for their role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
The team were called before governing body the FIA to answer charges they had asked driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win.
Former team boss Flavio Briatore has been banned from FIA sanctioned events for an unlimited period .
Renault's ex-engineering director Pat Symonds has also been excluded from F1 for five years.
The plan to deliberately crash was their idea, Piquet told the FIA.
Briatore and Symonds parted company with Renault last week at the same time as the French car giant said they would not contest the charges.
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Oh shoit........means trouble for us then.They seek him here.................Comment
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This news has caught some napping
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Can't be true.
He's having a nice lunch, and he's not the only cheat in F1, etc....Comment
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Whats gonna happen with us then?We're Queens Park Rangers, we rule supremeComment
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all over for Flavio....see you later innovator....Comment
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An appeal, probably.
These things drag on.
Lawyers need to eat too, you know.
The knives are being sharpened, he's in trouble.Comment
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Flavio's finished, no involvement in any F1 sanctioned event, including his agents role.Comment
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Just a shame that some have been milking this story for weeks in the hope he was found guilty and kicked out of Rangers!!
Why some feel the need to constantly want to boot the club they profess to support is absolutely beyond me :(Comment
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As regards Mr. Briatore, the World Motor Sport Council declares that, for an unlimited period, the FIA does not intend to sanction any International Event, Championship, Cup, Trophy, Challenge or Series involving Mr. Briatore in any capacity whatsoever, or grant any license to any Team or other entity engaging Mr. Briatore in any capacity whatsoever. It also hereby instructs all officials present at FIA-sanctioned events not to permit Mr. Briatore access to any areas under the FIA’s jurisdiction. Furthermore, it does not intend to renew any Superlicence granted to any driver who is associated (through a management contract or otherwise) with Mr. Briatore, or any entity or individual associated with Mr. Briatore. In determining that such instructions should be applicable for an unlimited period, the World Motor Sport Council has had regard not only to the severity of the breach in which Mr. Briatore was complicit but also to his actions in continuing to deny his participation in the breach despite all the evidence.
Alonso will now HAVE to get a new manager or will lose his superlicence...
the sensible money would suggest Flav now fails the Fit and Proper test by default, but who knows with the FAComment
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not sure it couldve been worse for Flav - banned for "an unlimited period" (i.e. life) from any future activity in F1, and now barred from Football as he now fails the Fit and Proper test by default...Originally posted by IsleworthRanger View PostAh well it could have been worse
d-day now for QPR surely, either Mittals and Ecclestone take on Flavs now defunct shares or they leave as well....Comment
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Renault handed out suspended ban
As per BBC:
Renault handed suspended F1 ban
Nelson Piquet arrives at the hearing in Paris on Monday
Renault have been given a two-year suspended ban for their role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
The team were called before governing body the FIA to answer charges they had asked driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win.
Former team boss Flavio Briatore has been banned from FIA sanctioned events for an unlimited period.
Renault's ex-engineering director Pat Symonds has also been excluded from F1 for five years.
The plan to deliberately crash was their idea, Piquet told the FIA.
Briatore and Symonds parted company with Renault last week at the same time as the French car giant said they would not contest the charges.
At a hearing in Paris on Monday, the ruling World Motor Sport Council hearing found Renault "in breach of the International Sporting Code and Sporting Regulations."
A statement by the FIA added: "The council considers Renault F1's breaches relating to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to be of unparalleled severity.
"They not only compromised the integrity of the sport but also endangered the lives of spectators, officials, other competitors and Nelson Piquet Jr. himself.
"The WMSC considers that offences of this severity merit permanent disqualification from the FIA Formula One World Championship.
"However, in particular the steps taken by Renault F1 to identify and address the failings within its team and condemn the actions of the individuals involved, the WMSC has decided to suspend Renault F1's disqualification until the end of the 2011 season."Comment
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