Picket protected by the FIA?

Nelson Piquet Jr, although he is no longer in the R29 Grand Prix seat, continues to make a name for himself within the Franco-British team. The shadow of the Brazilian driver has even hovered for two weeks over Flavio Briatore, accused of having organized Nelsinho's accident in Singapore in 2008, to enable the victory of Fernando Alonso at the heart of a very difficult season.

After revealing the scandal two weeks ago, which led to the investigation sponsored by the FIA, TV Globo announces that Nelson Piquet Jr has received assurances from the FIA ​​not to be sanctioned in this matter, asking as a victim of the plan put in place by his stable boss. Business gets complicated for Renault, who still has a few days to polish his weapons, before appearing before the FIA ​​World Council on September 21 in Paris.

In the meantime, the staff of the diamond firm's stable is already disunited. Pat Symonds, before the FIA, has already explained that the idea of ​​the premeditated accident had been discussed on the day of the race but that the suggestion came from Nelson Piquet Jr himself. For his part, Flavio Briatore denies any involvement in this staging.