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djbhammer

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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...

Pat Symonds: “I can tell you now we are not three-stopping.”

Symonds: “Don’t worry about fuel, because I’m going to get him (Fernando Alonso) out of this traffic earlier than that.”

Piquet: “What lap are we in? What lap are we in?”

Renault engineer: “He just asked ‘what lap are we in?’”

Symonds: “Yeah, tell him that he’s about to complete lap eight.”

Symonds: “No, just tell him, he is about, he’s just completing, he’s about to complete lap eight.”

Symonds: “Right, I’m going to...I think we’re going to stop him just before we catch him (Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima, who was ahead of Alonso) and get him out of it, the reason being we’ve still got this worry on the fuel pump. It’s only a couple of laps short. We’re going to be stopping him early and we’re going to go to lap 40.”

Symonds to engineer following Alonso’s pit-stop: “Okay right, you’ve got to push him really bloody hard now. If he (Piquet) doesn’t get past [Rubens] Barrichello, he’s going nowhere – he’s got to get past Barrichello this lap.”

Flavio Briatore: “Tell him, push.”

Piquet’s race engineer: “Nelson, no excuses now, you’ve got to get past Barrichello. You’ve got four clicks straight-line advantage. Come on, you’ve got to push now, you must get past him.”

The Brazilian comes into heavy contact with the turn 17 wall a few minutes later.

Multiple voices at the same time: “Nelson’s off. F***ing hell. Nelson’s had a crash. I would say that would be a red flag. It’s huge.”

Piquet: “Sorry guys. I had a little outing.”

Engineer: “Is he alright? Is he alright?”

Symonds: “Ask him if he’s alright.”

Engineer: “Are you okay? Are you okay?”

Engineer: “Fernando’s just gone past it.”

Engineer: “Okay, yellow flag.”

Piquet: “Yeah, I hit my head in the back. I think I’m okay.”

Engineer: “Okay, understood.”

Symonds: “Right (inaudible), stop him.”

Engineer: “Safety car, safety car, safety car, safety car. Fernando, safety car, mixture three.”

Symonds: “Tell him to be careful, turn 17 I think it is.”

Engineer: “F***ing hell that was a big shunt.”

Briatore: “F***ing hell...my every f***ing disgrace, f***ing, he’s not a driver.”

Symonds: “What position is Fernando in?”

Engineer: “Well, we were 20, and we’re first guy to pick the safety car up.”

Symonds: “Yeah, we’re not...”

Engineer: “He will get away past it, but he’s got to wait.”

Briatore: “What position we are now in all this?”

Symonds: “To be honest, I don’t know Flavio. It’s got to have been good for Fernando, but I honestly don’t know where he is.”

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Sidewaysbob

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Yes, he did rather look like some one had just stolen his pint of milk from the fridge, and after he'd written his name on it too.

But then Benneton had a bit of a reputation for cheating outragiously when Mickey Shoes was driving for them. Wobbly Floors, Hidden Launch control systems in software. I guess the FIA have always wanted to nail something to him, now they're got their chance.

I bet Max is doing a dance in his office right now. "Hardy har ahr you Loooony ho hoh hohoh hohyo" etc etc

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Piquet should now issue legal proceedings against FB and PS! What a bunch of idiots. To think FB faced all the media basically calling Piquet a liar. He is gone forever! I feel sorry for QPR fans having this idiot involved with their club - what next - telling the team to score an own goal?

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I was just checking that out. Hamilton would still be champion.

Some are claiming that Massa wouldn't have had to refuel so early, and therefore the fuel rig hilarity wouldn't have happened, if there hadn't been the safety car - and therefore he would have won the race. I don't subscribe to that - it could have happened whenever he came in for fuel.

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Fucking finally!!! Now I don't have to look at his horrendous puffy face, or catch photos of him in Hello magazine (while at the Chinese takeaway.. of course) wearing his speedos.

The bigger implications are- will he be allowed to manage all those F1 drivers, now that he could be seen as bringing the sport into disrepute? He hasn't admitted anything, but knowing that F1 is just an old boys club, they would never, ever admit that he's guilty in public. What Renault have done is, basically, managed to get him pushed out of that club. Even if they pull out of F1, Briatore can't get involved as nobody is going to touch him with a bargepole.

This isn't going to be good for Alonso's potential move to Ferrari, Webber's push for the championship, and Kovalainen's chances of staying at McLaren.

It's probably political- maybe Renault have been looking for a way to get rid of him, the FIA have been gunning for him big style (especially after him hosting the teams when discussing the breakaway series), he's got his fingers in too many pies by managing too many F1 drivers- so the other teams are probably pissed off about him as it's that time of the year for contract negotiations.

In a way, 2009 has been a big year for ushering out the old in F1- first Ron Dennis and now Flavio. It could just be that old Max is going to get rid of all of his enemies in his last year, and he seems to be have been quite successful!

I wonder what he'll do now, maybe try a new Benneton retail franchise? :eyebrows:

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