Comments on: FIA summons Alonso to appear before the World Council

By: Jake McMillan

Jake McMillan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:04:25 +0000

Piquet Jr said that one of his engineers came up to him to ask if he had crashed on purpose and he said no he hadn’t.

By: J R

J R — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:31:41 +0000

100% agree. Sure he smelled something out there. I consider him as a clever guy and when you are inside he only had to add 1+1….
Anyhow time has proven this was a really dumb move by whoever was the mastermind of all of this, and I don´t see him involved in planning such a joke ….

Regarding strategies I can easily recall some other similar strange ones at other events in the past, and even this year.

By: David Hodge

David Hodge — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:49:19 +0000

Glad you saw the joke JR. I guess I should really put a little smiley thing on there.

For the record, I think Fernando knew nothing as Renault are known for their funky strategies on occasion when they have nothing to lose so he probably thought nothing of it before the race. I bet after the event he had his suspicions. If Felipe was charging down the pitlane afterwards, you can bet Fernando smelled a rat as well. However, he had just won the race and every driver on the grid is single-minded so of course he would keep his suspicions to himself.

Anyway, all a moot point now after the WMSC judgement.

By: Joel Heaton

Joel Heaton — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:54:12 +0000

A map of Catalunya and in this year’s team gear..?

By: Joel Heaton

Joel Heaton — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:51:53 +0000

Renault as a company didn’t have much to gain, but the F1 team did. Renault were, if I remember correctly, considering pulling the F1 team out at the time…

By: J R

J R — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:33:38 +0000

That´s a good try, but that it Barcelona´s circuit map!

I had a good laugh at your post anyhow….

By: James Allen

James Allen — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:20:50 +0000

My take is in the recent posts I’ve written. Come back later when the judgement has been made to see if there is any further detail

By: David Hodge

David Hodge — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:19:43 +0000

Sorry, Alonso was in on this and there is photographic proof that he knew. Look at the picture accompanying this posting and you can Fernando being shown a map of the circuit…

By: J R

J R — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:12:02 +0000

What if he voluntarily decided to appear before the Council in order to defend Renault?
(Source: El Mundo)

I don´t see the point on cheating in order to win a race if he just wanted to leave Renault to Ferrari….. moreover, not winning could be even better for him to break his contract with Renault at the end of last year.

Honestly, do you really see a pilot who already won it all, risking to spoil its whole career at F1 just to win a single race (And taking also into account that its move to Ferrari was a closed deal)? Just too twisty, isn´t it?

By: jose

jose — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:48:44 +0000

If they can prove alonso knew and went for it, he should be penalized. And i would stop watching the races after 30 years, and concentrate on moto gp. Hamilton would be world champ without competition.
If briatore and simons were able to do this in singapur, it is very likely they use traccion control in the 1994 season. They do not have any credibility after this.