Renault F1 has agreed to pay 'substantial damages' to Nelsinho Piquet and his father for having defamed the pair in accusing them of making 'false allegations' about the infamous 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal
The identity of the hitherto mysterious 'Witness X' has been revealed by a British newspaper, with the fourth member of Renault F1 privy to the 'Singapore-gate' conspiracy widely held to have provided the vital evidence that earned Flavio Briatore a lifetime ban from all FIA-sanctioned motorsport
Full statement given by Nelsinho Piquet to the FIA regarding the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix: I, Nelson Angelo Piquet, born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany...say as follows:
Lewis Hamilton has lashed out at Formula 1 World Championship title rival Felipe Massa for what he claims was a 'deliberate' effort to take him out of the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway when the Brazilian drove into him on Sunday.