All Posts Tagged With: "Nelson Piquet Jr"
Caption Contest: #103
The one-hundred-third photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. Although no longer a Formula One driver, Nelson Piquet Jr. has been keeping himself busy away from the race tracks. Here he is practicing on his games [...]
No More Super Licenses For Briatore-Managed Drivers
As a result of the WMSC investigation in the race-fixing scandal that has recently gripped Formula One, the Renault team have received a two year suspended disqualification. The lenient punishment comes after the WMSC agreed that the Renault team acted swiftly and with authority as soon as they became aware of the issue. Essentially, the [...]
Renault Receive A Two Year Suspended Disqualification
The Renault Formula One team has received a two year suspended disqualification following the revelation that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds asked Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately crash his car during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in order to better his team mate’s chances of victory. The sentence comes after the World Motor Sport Council [...]
There’s Always Something Going On, It’s Never Peaceful
Controversy is a given in any sport, and although not always welcome, should be considered an inevitability when people are competing for the same thing and adhering to the same set of rules. Sometimes the controversy is trivial and inconsequential, other times it erupts in to an issue that engulfs the sport, takes away from [...]
FIA To Investigate Fernando Alonso’s 2008 Singapore Win
The FIA have announced that they are launching an investigation into the inaugural 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, in which Fernando Alonso sensationally won for Renault having had a key element of the race fall into his lap at just the right time. The news of the investigation comes after a Brazilian TV station – Globo [...]
Nelson Piquet Jr Confirms Immediate Renault Exit
Nelson Piquet Jr has confirmed one of the sport’s worse kept secrets of late; he won’t be driving the Renault R29 anymore, as with immediate effect the young Brazilian is no longer employed by the Enstone-based team. The rumours of Piquet’s exit had been circling the driver since about mid-2008, halfway through his debut season. [...]
Hungary 2009: Renault Have Been Suspended From The European Grand Prix
The Renault Formula One team have been suspended from taking part in the next race at Valencia at the end of August. The suspension comes after Fernando Alonso’s wheel came off during the race following the wheel-bin working loose and unraveling the wheel nut. This means Fernando Alonso will not take part in his home [...]
Australia 2009: Second Drivers Struggle At Albert Park
So far in the Australian Grand Prix, three second drivers have retired either through mechanical issues or through accidents. Heikki Kovalainen was seen coasting back to the pitlane at the very start of the race, his McLaren not sounding entirely functional. On lap 17 of the race, the second retirement of the event went to [...]
