groeten uit .... brazilie
Door Allard Kalff, zondag 30 augustus om 16 52
Als dit waar is dan zijn ze nog gemener dan ik al dacht.
The Brazilian TV station Globo has claimed that Nelson Piquet Jr was ordered to crash by the Renault team during the Singapore GP last season. The accident resulted in a Safety Car which played into the hands of Fernando Alonso, who had pitted just before the accident occurred.
The result was that Renault was able to win the race, a most unlikely result. At the time I wrote the following: “There was more than a little irony in the result of the Singapore Grand Prix. Nelson Piquet has seemed out of his depth this year and in Singapore he crashed heavily on lap 13. But in doing so he handed victory to his team-mate Fernando Alonso, who had gambled on a very short 12-lap first stint. He was thus perfectly positioned to take advantage of the situation. The other major players were all delayed or penalised and Alonso moved up to the front on lap 34. And there he stayed, while those behind him were trapped behind slower cars. There were some cynics (there always are) who reckoned that the team’s strategy was to have Nelson crash soon after Fernando had completed his stop and thus create a situation in which Fernando gained an advantage over the rest of the field. One can see this argument, but one likes to believe that no team would ever be so desperate as to have a driver throw his car at a wall. In all probability Piquet just screwed up – he has done that a lot this year. If not, he must have been offered something worth having because he needs to impress in the few remaining races as this has been a very poor season. It will be interesting to see whether he gets a new contract for 2009.”
Since Piquet was fired by Renault, claims have been flying around and Globo said today during its Grand Prix broadcast that it has received information that there is evidence available to back up the story. We hear that the FIA may call in an independent body to investigate the claims being made.
It will be interesting to see how the story develops in the days ahead.
Als het al waar is zou het een bewijs zijn dat Piquet een super coureur is!
En ook de excellente timing van renault.. en dat al in de 14e ronde.
Wat zullen ze hem verteld hebben?
Als je de volgende ronde hard crasht op het rechte stuk heeft Alonso een kans om te winnen. O dan doe ik dat zegt piquet dan..
Deze theorie was er destijds ook al. Hij is onder andere besproken in de F1 Rejects podcast van die GP.
