The race-fixing controversy that has shamed Formula One is a bump on the road that the sport will quickly get past, according to former world champion Mika Hakkinen.
The Finn, who escaped from an horrific accident that almost killed him before he won the world title in 1998 and 1999, said motor racing’s premier category would also survive the ugly scandal surrounding the Renault team.
“Show must go on,” Hakkinen said.
Formula One has been plunged into controversy after the Renault team were found to have ordered driver Nelson Piquet to deliberately crash at last year’s Singapore Grand Prix to help his team mate Fernando Alonso to win the race.
The controversy has cast an unsavoury shadow over the sport and undermined Formula One’s credibility at a time when it is looking to bolster support and shore up investment.
But Hakkinen, who would have died at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix without the intervention of quick-thinking doctors who performed an emergency trackside tracheotomy, remains upbeat about the future. Yahoo! Eurosport
Double world champion Hakkinen, who was part of the McLaren team until he retired in 2001, said: “(The) Organisation of Formula One have to go through all the situations and elements of what’s been happening. And people who have done wrong, they need a penalty. And life has to go on. And forget it and concentrate on the future.” ITN NEWS
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