When news first broke at the Belgian Grand Prix that the FIA was conducting an investigation into the events at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, the initial suspicion was that this was a case of a disgruntled former employee going out for revenge.
The matter then disappeared below the radar for several days, with neither Renault nor the Piquets making any further comment about it prior to the FIA World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris on September 21. Yet that all changed in the build-up to the Italian Grand Prix when, on the Wednesday night before the race…Â Details
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Renault split with team principal Flavio Briatore on Wednesday and said it would not contest a charge that Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered to crash during a Formula One race.
Renault, however, still must attend a World Motor Sport Council hearing on Monday in Paris to discover its punishment for the crash that helped Fernando Alonso win last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.
Renault could be thrown out of F1, but the dual departure of Briatore and engineering executive director Pat Symonds appears to be a move aimed at reducing the penalty.
“The ING Renault F1 team will … Details
Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a car accident, intends to compete for a place on Italy’s cycling team at the 2012 Paralympics in London.
Zanardi lost both legs in a crash while competing at a Champ Car race at the Lausitzring in Germany in 2001, but returned to racing in 2003. Since then, he has competed in the European and the World Touring Car Championship each season.
Zanardi also took up hand cycling and finished …Â Details
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John and Ashley opposites, until they get in race car
John Force has won 14 drag racing world championships and, in the process, become the face and the raspy voice of the NHRA.
He is the king of a multi-team, multi-million dollar racing empire that will be at zMax Dragway this weekend for the Carolina Nationals.
After all of that, Force is now known as Ashley Force Hood’s father.
“The only problem is my two littlest ones, Brittany and Courtney, don’t want to be like their dad,†John Force said.
“They want to be like Ashley.  Details
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