Comments on: Piquet-Renault scandal: more new evidence and complaints about leaks

By: usF1fanatic

usF1fanatic — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:58:52 +0000

NPJR faltered in not bringing it up until he was fired by Renault. Yes, he was not fully a man, but his father is, and I don’t know who his manager was/is, but I’m sure he is fully a man to. Either of these people should have known that about this incident soon after the race if not before, and probably told him to go along with the plan. Junior is not an innocent child with no clue of what was going on.
I am not excusing Renault for what took place. They are the owners of the team, and if they couldn’t keep the team principal in check (which they didn’t) then the Renault name should be tarnished. But the Piquets showed that they lack integrity with how they handled this.

By: SeattleChris

SeattleChris — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:33:26 +0000

That’s why Charles Manson is in jail. To my recollection he didn’t physically kill, it was on his orders and influence! If only Flavio could see the inside of bars.

By: SeattleChris

SeattleChris — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:30:08 +0000

I think many people are missing the key to this whole debacle and that is two fold. 1. If your boss says to file a paper or drill a hole, you ask how big and/or where. Authority is pretty easy to understand. CEO’s are legally responsible for their companies and so is Flavio and Renault in this situation. 2. It is too often overlooked that Nelson Jr. is just a kid. I’m sure he was frightened not to do as he was told despite knowing the consequences and the ethical dilemma. He did his best as far as I can tell to choose a corner where there would be no harm to anyone else which shows that his conscience was working. People need to realize the situation these kids are put in. The first person that had everything figured out at 25 please raise your hand. (If you just raised your hand, you are a fool and still have much to learn!)

Furthermore, there is a statement regarding damages to the corporate image of Renault. Who cares. They are ultimately responsible and sounds like they need to work out their corporate ethics before they worry about their image. They look BAD because they behave BADLY. What about NPJR’s image and chances of ever getting to drive in F1 again? That’s not recoverable. They owe him a debt that has no number for forcing this situation. I’m not a Nelson fan, but I feel for him. This is his life for crying out loud. I’m sure he was thinking that if he didn’t Flavio would ensure he wouldn’t race again anyway so he chose to follow the command. This is how it happens people.

I hope all of you, provided that we get the information to prove so, will support NPJR and hope he gets another chance to drive at this level.

Finally, I completely agree with transparency Keith. Good call. I wonder what the FIA thinks that they have to hide? Old rich people are ethically disgusting monsters IMO. Its time for the dragon to come out of the cave and let all see just how thick those decrepit scales are!

By: John

John — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:03:38 +0000

Dearie me,

What a lot of knowalls after the fact.
What facts?.

So you would shoot someone if told too under threat of being shot. Doubt you have been there mate.
What’s to stop you being shot anyway?

Will you all crash your cars at high speed on the M25 tomorrow please or I will put a fluence on you.Ensure that you don’t hurt anyone else.
He just didn’t have to do it. Poor driver no brain.
Let his Dad down big time: As they do.

By: usF1fanatic

usF1fanatic — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:18:01 +0000

Well, I am still curious of what is going to happen with Pique. Hopefully he is not going to be given immunity.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:46 +0000

There always seems to be much politics associated with Formula 1. The politics is not kept behind closed doors, but played out to the public. It seems annoying and disappointing, but at least we know what is going on. Can all sports say this? To this end I commend the way the FIA handles conflict. The truth seems to prevail and is exposed in F! – This is why we get people who will fall by the wayside. Sadly for the Renault team and mainly for Briatore, their manipulation of the rules will cost them dearly. I hope that they enjoy the rest of 2009, because if justice prevails as I believe it will, I can see Briatore spending some considerable time behind bars. He should not have put F1 fan’s lives at risk with his personal greed.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:00:31 +0000

As I suspected, Piquet Snr is now quoted as saying Alonso knew about the crash gate
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-alonso-knew-about-singapore-crash-piquet-sr/

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:20 +0000

Alonso wnew about de crash said PiquetSenior:

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-alonso-knew-about-singapore-crash-piquet-sr/

By: Sandro Rocha

Sandro Rocha — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:13:48 +0000

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78580

Williams’s Patrick Head made a statement wich I think is very wise.
According to him, Renault (Symonds and Briatore) are 99% guilty and Piquet 1%.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:06:58 +0000

Another thought is yet again this is another huge scandal involving Alonso. Should we be asking more questions of Alonso’s and his integrity etc or is he just an innocent bystander in this particular case…