On one hand I desperately want to believe Pat’s version, but on the other hand, alas, I don’t think Nelson is bright enough to think it up all by himself.

Please emphasize in your reporting that is was Nelson Piquet Jr. who came up with the idea to crash. Please don’t let the FIA (Max Mosely) spin this fact away.

Best systems have independent panels who are not directly employed by the company concerned and have freedom to take any action they feel is appropriate.

Imagine walking into Carlos Ghosn’s office one bright morning and telling him the happy news that his most expensive marketing tool ( F1 )
is being run by bent managers. Go down a treat wouldn’t it ?

‘Justice’ does not make the employer unaccountable for their choice of and lack of supervision of their employees, nor does it let the master escape with a chiding whilst ‘employees’ shoulder 99% of the penalty.

‘Justice’ was delayed and by its delay was denied to every other team and driver in that race, especially Felipe Massa.

I have no difficulty accepting the truth of what he says in his letter to the FIA.

I hope we will see him on the pit wall again and hopefully within the five years currently envisaged.

Also there’s one thing no one confirmed, but it’s more than obvious that it was senior’s idea to “make Renault pay” after junior was sacked.
Junior is getting a lot of scorn for bringing this up only after he was sacked but I have a feeling, it was Senior who insisted upon that and made Junior make it official with FIA.

If the idea was really suggested by Piquet, it might be that Junior really only suggested it but it was Senior who came up with it, so he could forever blackmail Briatore into keeping Junior on board.

From all I’ve heard from and of Senior, it wouldn’t be a bit out of character for him to do it.