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      09-16-2010, 09:48 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW View Post
Poeple refer to it as CrashGate. You can read about it below. Basicly, Piquet Jr. crashed intentionally to allow Alonso to win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault...sh_controversy

Piquet Jr is the really bad guy is this story IMO...

1) The can ask/tell you to do I lot of thing for the good of the team with I would do like try to hold up other cars the you are a head of because you have yet to pit, to help open a window for your team mates pit stop.

(It is a team sport after all)

But Crashing because you were asked to is going too far.

2) Piquet Jr, had no trouble crashing for the team until he was going to lose this sit (why was he going to lose his spot, because he was only useful to the team was a moving slalom cone)

3) He try to Black Mail Renault, he is not a man of honour who went to F1 when he saw wrong doing... he kept it to himself and then try to use it to keep a F1 sit he only had because of this last name.

4) He acted as was hero, after crashing and blackmailling his team.
HE is the ONE person that could have insured the crash never happpen.
HE could have gone to the FIA went he was asked

5) Look at all racing, all teams are pushing the limits of the rules all the time, sometimes they cross the line... that is racing.
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