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"Victimized" F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. reportedly headed to NASCAR truck series

Crashing in Formula One is taken pretty seriously. Especially if you did it on purpose. Which goes a long way towards explaining why the motorsport community is calling for the blood of Nelson Piquet Jr. The disgraced Renault driver was, in the end, the perpetrator of the so-called Crashgate affair. But while his boss and manager Flavio Briatore was kicked out of Formula One (and any involvement in any FIA-sanctioned racing series) as a result, and technical director Pat Symonds received a five-year ban. For his part, Piquet walked as part of ... Read more →

BREAKING: Renault F1 placed on suspended two-year, Briatore banned indefinitely? Jonathon Ramsey

The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last ...

FIA digging for dirt in Renault F1 investigation Noah Joseph

The FIA is always sticking its nose around, sniffing around for some trouble. So, when the motorsport governing body opened a new investigation into the Renault F1 team, frankly we weren't all that ...

More Musical Chairs: Renault F1 replaces Piquet with Grosjean pending FIA penalty appeal Noah Joseph

Typically, most of the drivers who start a Fomula One season are the ones who carry it through to the end. But this has turned out to be anything but a normal season, with erstwhile backmarkers ...

Renault F1 launches R28 in Paris Noah Joseph

Click on the image above to view the new R28 in our high-resolution gallery Renault F1 fell off their form last year. After winning two back-to-back world titles, they finished third in the ...

"Victimized" F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. reportedly headed to NASCAR truck series 2 months ago on Autoblog

Crashing in Formula One is taken pretty seriously. Especially if you did it on purpose. Which goes a long way towards explaining why the motorsport community is calling for the blood of Nelson Piquet Jr. The disgraced Renault driver was, in the end, the perpetrator of the so-called Crashgate ...

BREAKING: Renault F1 placed on suspended two-year, Briatore banned indefinitely? 2 months ago on Autoblog

The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last year's Singapore GP to hand the win to Renault teammate Fernando Alonso. Realizing that Renault was ...

FIA digging for dirt in Renault F1 investigation 3 months ago on Autoblog

The FIA is always sticking its nose around, sniffing around for some trouble. So, when the motorsport governing body opened a new investigation into the Renault F1 team, frankly we weren't all that surprised or interested. The probe centered around claims that the team instructed its ...

More Musical Chairs: Renault F1 replaces Piquet with Grosjean pending FIA penalty appeal 3 months ago on Autoblog

Typically, most of the drivers who start a Fomula One season are the ones who carry it through to the end. But this has turned out to be anything but a normal season, with erstwhile backmarkers winning races and a big game of musical chairs ensuing. Toro Rosso has already switched out Sebastien ...

Renault F1 launches R28 in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view the new R28 in our high-resolution gallery Renault F1 fell off their form last year. After winning two back-to-back world titles, they finished third in the constructors' championship, behind erstwhile perennial mid-fielder BMW Sauber – and that was after ...






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