Biggest Sports Cheat in History?


	Biggest Sports Cheat in History?

JohnWaterman

9-16-2009 5:17 PM

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Risking his own life and the lives of others Nelson Piquet Jr crashes his formula 1 car under orders from his bosses at Renault

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2009/09/briatore_bows_out_in_unsavoury.html"><P><A href="http://www.flaviobriatore.it">Flavio Briatore</A>'s departure from his position as the boss of the Renault team in the wake of the Singapore race-fixing scandal robs Formula 1 of one of its most flamboyant and controversial characters.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2009/09/briatore_bows_out_in_unsavoury.html"><P>The 59-year-old Italian, who has cultivated an image as a jet-setting playboy businessman, left his position as team principal after <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8258987.stm">Renault decided not to contest charges that they had asked their driver Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately crash in last year's Singapore Grand Prix</A> to aid team-mate Fernando Alonso's chances of winning the race.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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