Q.  In 2007 you said that McLaren had polluted the world championship in the spy case. Now, with Renault, there are suggestions that if guilty they changed the outcome of a race and the world title battle. How serious is the FIA treating the matter, and what sort of punishment will be handed out if they are guilty?
Max Mosley:  Well, if, and it is a very big if, they are guilty, obviously it is very serious indeed. But we are in a situation at the moment where we have heard one side of the story and have investigated to the best of our ability. Now we are waiting for Renault’s side of the story, and … Details
FIA president Max Mosley says that race fix claims surrounding Renault are being viewed by the governing body as more serious than outright cheating, after revealing on Friday that Nelson Piquet has been granted immunity.
Renault has been called to appear before the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on September 21 to answer charges that it deliberately told Piquet to crash in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix to help Fernando Alonso win the race.
Those claims have been …Â Details
A meeting between Nelson Piquet, Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds hours before last year’s Singapore Grand Prix is central to the race fixing allegations surrounding the Renault team, AUTOSPORT reports.
With the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council due to meet on September 21 for Renault to answer charges that the team caused a deliberate crash in Singapore last year to help Fernando Alonso win, sources have confirmed for the first time background details of the case…Â Details
The Renault team has decided to bring back its Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.
Renault has not used KERS since the Spanish Grand Prix in May, having decided that it was not offering a sufficient advantage to justify its use. However, with KERS-equipped cars having proved the benefits of the system in recent races, the French team has decided to …Â Details