Posts Tagged ‘Renault’

Renault And The Singapore Crash: The Plot Thickens Again

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 by Noelinho

Singapore GP Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet You’d have thought that with the announcement of the outcome of the FIA World Motor Sport Council’s hearing yesterday, the Singapore controversy would die down. Instead, another potentially explosive and certainly unhelpful time-bomb has been ignited with the release of the audio tapes from the hearing. (more…)

Witch-Hunt Successful, But Little Justice Delivered

Monday, September 21st, 2009 by Noelinho

Photo by cairnlee_cres from Flickr Today, Renault were hauled in front of the World Motor Sports Council (WMSC) as the investigation into allegations of race-fixing at last year’s Singapore Grand Prix were wrapped up. Unfortunately, the punishment dished out bore little correlation to the seriousness of the crime, and did little to draw on the context of how previous offences have been dealt with. (more…)

The Singapore 2008 Crash Investigation Witch-Hunt

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 by Noelinho

The investigation into Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash in the Grand Prix of Singapore last year rolls on, with more details emerging every day – and, like most stories like this, with each turn, the story gets uglier. (more…)