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Would you put it past them!?!?
It seems that the FIA has found some recent evidence to suggest that Fernando Alonso benefitted from more than good fortune in Singapore last year. It seems that the conspiracies regarding Nelsinho dumping his car in the wall may acutally have some reason to them.
It always seems to be the Renault team, whether it's as Toleman, Benetton or Regie themselves. I wouldn't put this past them as we've seen first hand the lengths they went to win Schumi that 94 crown (Traction Control, Launch Control, the Fuel Rig Filter).... Seems that rather than McLaren, Renault seems to have a culture of cheating....
I think this may say a lot about Alonso too... if true, and if he had some involvement, it seems that he's even less sporting than Herr Schumacher himself. 2007's Blackmail fiasco at McLaren seemed to reflect worse on him than McLaren really, and this would be a further embarassment on his reputation.
I also wonder whether Nelson recently leaving the team has meant this information coming to light!?!
I'm not suggesting that they actually did it, it's just that there is always something fishy around Renault and it's various guises, and I think Nelson might have considered it considering his career was potentially on the line...
I understand that it is probably due to his sacking that this has all come out, but I don't think it'll look too bad on Nelsinho if it turns out to be true... His name is already tarnished so maybe his honesty (although it took him a year and getting fired to say it) might impress some people in the paddock... Flav's rep is really under scrutiny in my eyes here...
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- AllanLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Interesting Dan, But the timing is a bit fishy don't you think? Junior left with plenty of bad blood, is this him trying to stick it up Flav as a parting gesture?
If its true, and Flav orchestrated an accident and disrupted the race to manipulate a win, then he should be kicked out the sport. Its cheating, and it brings the sport into disrepute, simple as that.
But equally, if its true and Junior followed orders and intentionally crashed his car under order, he should get kicked out of the sport for the same reasons given above.
My opinion of the incident is Nelson Junior screwed up and crashed into a wall, hardly a rare occurrence, and by sheer good fortune his screw up helped his team, for once!
To be honest I hope I'm right, because F1 needs another controversy like that in the way I need a boot in the ba....
- purpleCatLv 61 decade ago
The timing of this report makes the whole business look fishy. Did Nelson start talking? Or was it someone else? If he admitted at the time he made a mistake and is now saying something else.... well, if I were a team principal, I will note not to hire him.
Hopefully it turns out to be nothing but hot air. It isn't very nice at all for everyone and the sport itself that some scandal comes up a year later demanding investigation. The fans have had enough of this I can be sure
- christos_swcLv 51 decade ago
If Piquet is behind this I do not care.
The fact that he may be bitter and decided to spill the beans doesn't mean he's lying or that Renault should get away with it.
Still, nothing's been proved so far so they're clean at the moment.
It wouldn't surprise me if they did do it, don't forget that they where trying to survive,they had got poor results all year and Renault may pull the plug like Honda and BMW and leave the race team unemployed.
They had to get some success and they did so they may have even played dirty to do it, no surprises there.
But they won another race after that through sheer pace so you have to give them the benefit of the doubt from that alone.
- 1 decade ago
Oh what the heck,its basically a replay of the whole Barrichello-Schumacher-Ferrari drama. Remember there was a time when Rubinho threatened to spill the beans on Ferrari about what really happened within the team? Only difference is Nelsinho lost his drive and Rubinho got a drive for 2009!
- 1 decade ago
The thing that gets to me is that it is a Brazilian journalist announcing this. It just seems too much like Piquet having a cry. I really doubt that Alonso would have anything to do with something like this. When you see how he fights on the track, even against Lewis, he is hard but he is fair. I think this is just Nelsinho having a winge, and he would want to be careful. Nobody will hire a sore loser or a snitch.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Fresh evidence? Sounds like sour grapes to me. The only thing young Nelsinho has done is seal his fate as an unemployable driver.
- TillyLv 51 decade ago
I agree with Gatorade but if something a little less than sporting took place, he was obviously complicit, so why would he be carping about it.
This might get a little dirty with junior!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I wonder who let this one out.... Mr Piquet jr. of course.