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Witness X ‘was Alan Permane’

25 September 2009 by Keith Collantine

Has the mystery of who was Renault’s ‘Witness X’ been solved?

According to this morning’s “Daily Mail” the team’s chief race engineer Alan Permane was the fourth witness who provided incriminating evidence to the FIA:

Alan Permane was Witness X, the Renault employee whose crucial evidence contributed to Briatore’s conviction.

Meanwhile, the team has revealed it will run with Renault logos in place of its missing ING and Mutua Madrilena branding this weekend.

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26 responses to Witness X ‘was Alan Permane’

  1. mp4-19b says:

    No, it isn’t. Mr X is Alonso!

  2. HG says:

    thats got to p the lynch mob off.

  3. Chev says:

    HAHAHAHA!!

    A fat slap in the face for all those lewis fans who said Alonso was witness X :D

  4. Mark Hitchcock says:

    Seeing the words “Daily” and “Mail” makes me very sceptical about how much this story can be trusted…

  5. Bigbadderboom says:

    Horses head on the pillowcase time??

  6. S Hughes says:

    I thought it was another engineer – no brainer really. It wouldn’t have been the cleaner or the caterer, and we all know Alonso knew anyway but has no morals to admit it or do the right thing and to the authorities.

    • mp4-19b says:

      There is no need for any anonymity. Be it Mr X,Y,Z whatever. I’m convinced that Alonso knew of this & also participated in the conspiracy. But majority of the people here seem to be clouded . I can only hope that they see reason. The day is not too far when Piquet Sr will go mad(cuz his son wouldn’t have secured a f1 seat) & pin down Alonso. After all it was for Alonso’s sake that his son crashed. The Brazilian TV guy was hinting that another bomb would go off. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were to be this. By that time Alonso would be employed at Ferrari & he’ll make sure that Ferrari sink along with him! That’s his nature. Two eyes for an eye.

      • Bosley says:

        Not clouded, but they get on with there lives. You two have this mad infatuation with Alonso being the devil. Try to post something on this site without getting a hissy fit.

        What’s your take now? Mr X is protecting Alonso? What do you think of him saying the whole idea was Piquets’? Another theory that you guys seem to eat up: Maybe Piquet Sr put the idea into Piquet Jr head, maybe thinking of how it went on in the ‘old’ days.

    • tEQUILLA sLAMMER says:

      idiot!!

  7. S Hughes says:

    It was also obvious his name would be revealed sooner or later.

  8. PJA says:

    Given the source of this story my first reaction is not to believe it. I wonder if the journalist is using the tactic of naming people just to see if they get a denial so they can cross a name off the list of potential candidates.

    The identity of Witness X will come out eventually and I think it will be an engineer or mechanic.

  9. Mark Z says:

    I think the more pertinent question here is whether Flav outfitted Alonso with a spearhook…

  10. Paul says:

    Just blame Alonso anyway, it’s a valid point to raise in any discussion here.

  11. Felipe says:

    Well, the info almost everybody have in the F1 environment -including the italian RED HQ- is different.

    But in any case, we do not want anybody in Ferrari that has been already involved in two “nasty” cases.

    Sorry, but we prefer Raikkonen.

  12. Massaka says:

    How do you filter out news stories that refer to “The Daily Mail” in your browser?

  13. tEQUILLA sLAMMER says:

    when i first heard this “Witness X” nonsense my first reaction was that it is a red herring!! There is no witness X…he was invented after the fact to retain the Renault sponsors, but it seems to have been in vain!! ING and MM have decided to jump ship even though The Renault Company are innocent! #:) Its all good fun till someone gets hurt!!! #:)

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