Nelson Piquet Jr accuses Renault

Nelson Piquet Jr is undoubtedly more talked about in the paddock at Monza than when he started in the seat of the Renault R29 n°8. Since his ouster, the Brazilian has been very present in the news of the Franco-British team. First, by returning in detail to the complexity of his situation at Renault for 18 months, then by being at the center of one of the most important controversies of the year. Nelsinho clearly accuses the team?s staff of having asked him to sacrifice himself in Singapore last year, for the good of Renault, by helping his teammate to win.

« It was asked to me by Mr. Flavio Briatore who is both my manager and the director of Renault F1 Team and by Mr. Pat Symonds, Technical Director of ING Renault F1 Team, to deliberately cause an accident in order to promote the performance of ING F1 Renault Team », Relates Nelson Piquet Jr in a document sent to the FIA ​​and revealed by RMC. After his violent accident, the release of the safety car helped Fernando Alonso, who had just refueled, to win during this Singapore Grand Prix.

If the driver's father also seems very present in this affair, the three-time world champion would have only been made aware of it during the last Grand Prix of
Hungary, when Nelsinho's ouster became obvious. Very recently, TV Globo reported that the Brazilian was not going to be sanctioned by the FIA, due to his status as a victim in this story. The more the days pass, the more elements are revealed, and the more delicate the position of the Renault F1 Team becomes?