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Piquet’s Evidence on Singapore ‘Race-Fixing’ Controversy Revealed
The Renault Formula One team have commenced legal proceedings against former driver Nelson Piquet Junior over allegations made by the Brazilian that he was asked by the team to deliberately crash his car in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.
It has been claimed that Renault boss, Flavio Briatore, in order to maximize the chances of Fernando Alonso winning the 2008 race, planned the crash of teammate Piquet Jr.
Renault, who dismissed Piquet Jr as their driver in August, confirmed they have referred the matter to the British police.
The French car constructor face being thrown out of Formula One if the allegations are proved by an investigation being conducted by the governing body of world motorsport, the FIA.
The team will go before the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council in Paris on September 21 to hear the findings of the probe.
Piquet attributed the crash to a simple error at the time.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone recently warned “there is going to be a lot of trouble” if the allegations are found to be true.
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