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Full detailed WMSC 'Singapore-gate' verdict
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L' AUTOMOBILE World Motor Sport Council Decision Re: 2008 Singapore Grand Prix - ING Renault F1 21 September 2009 Purpose of meeting
Symonds expresses 'eternal regret' over 'misguided devotion'
Disgraced former Renault F1 executive director of engineering Pat Symonds has revealed his 'eternal regret and shame' at the 'misguided devotion to my team' that has earned him a five-year ban over the 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal - whilst continuing to insist that the idea was that of Ne

Alonso out to put Crash-gate in past
Renault F1's Fernando Alonso has predicted that he should be able to get 'close to a podium' this weekend in Singapore, but his real aim will be to try and help the squad put 'Crash-gate' behind them.

Brundle: 'Deleted' Briatore won't be missed by F1
Flavio Briatore has 'effectively been deleted from the world of motorsport' in the wake of Renault's 'Singapore-gate' scandal, contends BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle - and even though the Italian has 'done a lot of good things' for the sport, his former driver expects that he won't be

FIA announces 2010 calendar
The FIA has revealed a 19-race calendar for the 2010 F1 season, confirming the return of the Canadian Grand Prix and a debut for Korea.
Lewis Hamilton insists: I am a worthy world champion
Lewis Hamilton has hit out against those claiming that he would not have won the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship had Felipe Massa not lost out in 'Singapore-gate' this time last year - insisting that he too was unfairly penalised on occasion by controversial decisions.
Raikkonen 'has signed outline agreement' with McLaren for 2010
Former Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen 'has signed an outline agreement' to return to McLaren-Mercedes in 2010, sources have revealed - in a move that would free up a place at Ferrari for Fernando Alonso, and likely see Nico Rosberg jump ship from Williams to current world championship le
F1 should be about war, not political correctness, says Irvine
Eddie Irvine has waded into the Renault/'Singapore-gate' controversy in his typical irreverent, insouciant manner - suggesting that Formula 1 should be a war in which everyone does 'anything to win' with 'nothing beyond the realms of decency', and lamenting its modern-day transformation into a st

Piquet told FIA of Renault fix last year
The scandal involving Renault and allegations that it fixed the result of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix continues to unfold after Nelson Piquet claimed the FIA were made aware of the incident some ten months ago.

Brawn gets Canon backing for Singapore
Brawn GP has announced an addition to its growing sponsorship portfolio by confirming a partnership with Canon for the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix.
Manor courting Klien, Davidson and Carroll for F1 2010?
With the annual Formula 1 silly season getting increasingly into full swing, three names are being mooted as the most likely candidates for a drive at Manor Grand Prix in 2010 - out-of-work Super Aguri F1 refugee Anthony Davidson, current BMW-Sauber reserve driver Christian Klien and reigning A1G

Brundle hopes KERS can stay.
Martin Brundle believes the loss of KERS and ban on refuelling for 2010 will leave F1 with 'rather predictable races'.
Renault exiles Briatore and Symonds to face criminal charges?
As the dust begins to settle from yesterday's bombshell that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have left their posts as respectively managing director and executive director of engineering at Renault F1 over the 'Singapore-gate' scandal, it is being debated whether the pair could now face criminal

Brundle: Nelson Piquet is unemployable in F1 now
With the fate of his former employers Renault hanging precariously in the balance, and Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds having seemingly left Formula 1 for good, Nelsinho Piquet has created a trail of destruction in his wake over the past few weeks - and made himself 'unemployable' into the bargai
Full transcript of Renault Singapore pit-car communication
British newspaper The Times has published the full transcript of the Renault F1 pit-to-car radio communication in the lead-up to and aftermath of Nelsinho Piquet's controversial accident in last year's Singapore Grand Prix. It makes for interesting reading...
Transcript of Symonds/FIA investigators interview
The evidence against Renault in Formula 1's highly damaging 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal is mounting up, after the R?gie's executive director of engineering Pat Symonds refused to deny that the team had instructed Nelsinho Piquet to crash on lap 14 of the top flight's inaugural nig
Canada will be back in 2010
The Canadian Grand Prix will return next season, the organisers of the event confirmed today.

Brawn didn't make strategy call, reveals Button.
Jenson Button has pointed out that Brawn GP's 1-2 result was the result of teamwork, not just behind the scenes at the team's Brackley factory, but also on the pit-wall when it came to taking vital strategic decisions during qualifying and the race.

Hamilton 'sorry' for late gaff
McLaren-Mercedes number one driver Lewis Hamilton has apologised to his team after crashing out of the Italian Grand Prix on the final lap - and throwing away a certain third place finish.
Head: Nelson should have said no.
Williams technical director Patrick Head has admitted that he, and others with him, thought that there was something odd about Renault's strategy in last year's Singapore Grand Prix, but insists that he would be bad for Formula One if the squad was found to have 'fixed' the race.

REVEALED: Post-qualifying car weights in Monza
The post-qualifying fuel weights ahead of the Italian Grand Prix this weekend suggest that Heikki Kovalainen could be in the best position to win Sunday's thirteenth round in the 2009 FIA F1 World Championship.

Brawn: Nothing negative about Button.
Eponymous team boss Ross Brawn has played down suggestions that Jenson Button is buckling under the pressure of leading the Formula One world championship, claiming that even seven-time champion Michael Schumacher showed signs of tension in each of his title-winning campaigns.