Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
Sep 17th 2009, 5:22 pm
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
I.m saying nothing - other than there's 700 people who knew nothing about this farce waiting to see if they still have a team next week....
Sep 17th 2009, 8:38 pm
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
I would say it was Mary Decker's spiking incident on Zola Budd in the Olympics.
Failing that any number of Gerard's dives.
Failing that any number of Gerard's dives.
Sep 17th 2009, 11:08 pm
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
hoping for their sake that the FIA feel the guilty parties have gone!
Sep 18th 2009, 4:08 am
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
Only two people were in on it? Get real - what about Piquet Jr? He could simply have refused to carry out the act - so now the son of a legend is ruined, integrity-wise, for life. Ban the stupid cheat for a couple of years.
Sep 18th 2009, 6:30 am
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
Gerrard is no worse than other players in this regard.
I read Piquet Jr would not receive any punishment in return for spilling the beans on Renault. So he's a cheat and a grass, two fine qualities 
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so now the son of a legend is ruined, integrity-wise, for life. Ban the stupid cheat for a couple of years.
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Sep 21st 2009, 5:15 am
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Re: Renault: the worst act of cheating in the history of sport?
The problem with F1 is that the FIA is basically a tool for Max Mosely's vendettas.
McLaren got a $100M fine for having a photocopied Ferrari manual. Renault win a race with tactics involving a driver deliberately crashing... so what is an appropriate punishment?
The reason McL got hammered was because Ron Dennis stayed put. After the Lewis Hamilton overtaking thing at the start of the season, Dennis quits F1 and McL get let off.
Briatore has gone, so Renault will likely get let off because from Max Mosely's point of view it is 'job done'. He's got rid of another one of the guys who helped get rid of him.
McLaren got a $100M fine for having a photocopied Ferrari manual. Renault win a race with tactics involving a driver deliberately crashing... so what is an appropriate punishment?
The reason McL got hammered was because Ron Dennis stayed put. After the Lewis Hamilton overtaking thing at the start of the season, Dennis quits F1 and McL get let off.
Briatore has gone, so Renault will likely get let off because from Max Mosely's point of view it is 'job done'. He's got rid of another one of the guys who helped get rid of him.
