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    Re "Crashgate"

    Just been reading this


    http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=39017


    Doesnt read well and looks like they are lining up Flavio. A difficult decision for Pat Symonds to make.

    Could it really be true?

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by clee View Post
    I don't understand that though. Have you read the transcript? It doesn't seem like they were deliberately making him crash, just they were making Nelson push too hard..?

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Well they are hardly going to say live on air 'Right Nelson ,time to put it in the wall '

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by clee View Post
    Well they are hardly going to say live on air 'Right Nelson ,time to put it in the wall '
    dam you got there first , wake up bric you winky

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    The team principles have fallen on their swords and Renault are not going to contest ... obviously some fire there .

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by JRP View Post
    dam you got there first , wake up bric you winky
    Oh right.. you mean like how Mclaren lied, and then was proven wrong when stewards looked into the radio conversation earlier this season causing Ron Dennis to step down? No.. nothing like that ever happens.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by BriC View Post
    Oh right.. you mean like how Mclaren lied, and then was proven wrong when stewards looked into the radio conversation earlier this season causing Ron Dennis to step down? No.. nothing like that ever happens.
    slight difference to...''hit the wall next lap''

    ''crash time''

    ''end it''

    ''crash or ile sack you''

    Im just guessing any of those would have worked

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    it would be ridiculous to use the radio
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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Cooke View Post
    it would be ridiculous to use the radio



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    Re: Re "Crashgate"



    Oh god.. not this again

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Thing is, Piquet never needed help to crash either

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    piquet was usually binning it anyway

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Really sorry for you and your mates at work Andrew I hope that you all come out of this OK. At this time, needed like a hole in the head eh.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Well they have both quit now ,so what will happen to Renault ? This season and next maybe Renault will finish completly ? ? F1 has had some stick over the years

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Having worked for an f1 team for some years they have drivers briefings where every single event that could happen is spoken about and yes it could have been planned in that briefing simple as, as for radio message they use all sorts of code words and numbers as other teams listen to the radio, what you hear on TV is just a patch on what gets really said, also with telemetry they can message the steering wheel as well.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by gtmatt View Post
    Well they have both quit now ,so what will happen to Renault ? This season and next maybe Renault will finish completly ? ? F1 has had some stick over the years
    Not the first time things like this have happened, even drivers try to cheat off there own backs, remember Michael Sch. trying to ram cars off the track to win the title then claim it was a driver error, this thing has gone on before people.

    The only ones i feel for are the boys in the pits and at the factory the ones that do the long days and nights to put these cars on the track, i hope for them that Renault do not call it a day due to this.

    Drivers move on easier then staff.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by RussellT View Post
    Really sorry for you and your mates at work Andrew I hope that you all come out of this OK. At this time, needed like a hole in the head eh.
    so far so good....

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"



    Still can't believe Piquet is effectively walking away scott free from this.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post


    Still can't believe Piquet is effectively walking away scott free from this.
    do you think they needed to ban him from racing in F1?

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Cooke View Post
    do you think they needed to ban him from racing in F1?

    True, he would be lucky to get a test drivers seat!!

    Funny how Bravio still has a 20% share in him tho...

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    well renault f1 got a 2 year ban , and fabio got life ban , whats your thoughts ?? i think it was a fair result

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Cooke View Post
    do you think they needed to ban him from racing in F1?
    Andy, I'd have taken his racing license from him, he is just as guilty as Briatore and Symonds.

    I still can not quite believe how the FIA have handled this. You can't give someone complete immunity to something they had control over themselves even if they were under pressure from all angles if you will.

    Ridiculous.

    It is a suspended sentence. So they will be suspended for 2 years on their next breach of the regulations.

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    Re: Re "Crashgate"

    Quote Originally Posted by gtmatt View Post
    well renault f1 got a 2 year ban , and fabio got life ban , whats your thoughts ?? i think it was a fair result
    Look at the bigger picture they don,t want a major team such as Renault out of F1 so a slap on the wrist and get rid of a few poeple who will get boardroom jobs on major saleries as consultants somewhere

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