Formula 1 going downhill fast
After shocking news surfaced on Thursday one wonders how long Formula1 can continue on this downward spiral. The latest scandal has come to light after a transcript of Nelson Piquet was leaked where his Renault team asked him to crash his car so that his team-mate Fernando Alonso could win the race and he did. He was told the exact spot where he should crash his car for him to safeguard his career with the Renault team.
The transcript quoted Piquet saying: “I was asked by Mr. Flavio Briatore, who is both my manager and the Team Principal of the ING Renault F1 Team, and by Mr. Pat Symonds, the Technical Director of the Renault F1 Team, to deliberately crash my car in order to positively influence the performance of the ING Renault F1 Team at the event in question. I agreed to this proposal and caused my car to hit a wall and crash during lap thirteen/fourteen of the race”.
With this following the “Spy Gate” scandal in 2007 and the number of teams leaving the sport the future doesn’t seem to bright for Formula1.
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