Renault starts criminal proceedings against Piquets
The ING Renault F1 team and its managing director Flavio Briatore have issued a statement earlier today, announcing that they have started criminal proceedings against the team’s former driver Nelson Piquet jr and his father Nelson Piquet for false allegations and an attempt to blackmail the team.
“The FIA has announced that it is to hold an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (‘WMSC’) on 21 September 2009. The ING Renault F1 Team is to attend that meeting and answer allegations that members of the team conspired with Nelson Piquet Jnr to cause a deliberate accident at the 2008 Singapore GP, so that Fernando Alonso might benefit from the resulting safety car.”
“The ING Renault F1 Team had not commented publicly during the FIA’s initial investigation into this matter.”
“However, today the ING Renault F1 Team and its Managing Director Flavio Briatore personally, wish to state that they have commenced criminal proceedings against Nelson Piquet Junior and Nelson Piquet Senior in France concerning the making of false allegations and a related attempt to blackmail the team into allowing Mr Piquet Jnr to drive for the remainder of the 2009 season. The matter will also be referred to the Police in the UK.”
source: Renault
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