Everyone by now must be aware of the Crashgate scandal being associated with Formula1. It all started last year at the Singapore Grand Prix when Nelson Piquet Jr. crashed his car on purpose to benefit teammate Fernando Alonso. No one was aware of this till Nelson Piquet Jr. was shown the door at Renault and he decided to spill the beans. The result was that Flavio Briatore was handed a life ban from motor racing, Pat Symonds was handed a five year ban and Renault were handed a two year suspended ban. However the most suprising part is that the person who crashed his car was given an immunity since he spilled the beans.
This raises a few questions: If a person commits murder along with his accomplish should he also not be held guilty and penalized with some form of punishment even if he agrees to spill the beans. This is exactly what has not happended in this case. Piquet Jr. crashed his car but he escaped punishment because he named Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds as the guys who told him to crash.
Secondly there are many counter accusations going on between the guys associated with this crash. Piquet Jr. says Briatore and Symonds planned the crash and instructed him where to crash his car. Pat Symonds says it was Piquet Jr. who came up to them with this idea of crashing his car so that Alonso could benefit from it. So the fact of the matter is one of them is not telling the complete truth.
Whatever it is, it has brought Formula1 once again in news. Flavio Briatore will definately appeal against this ban because he stands to lose most from it as he is not only banned from managing a team but also the team drivers and that too in all forms of motor racing. As for Nelson Piquet Jr. his career is definately going nowhere because none of the teams will want to be associated with him for the time being.
Let just hope we dont have any such suprises this year after the Singapore Grand Prix.
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