Flavio Briatore has denied ordering Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash deliberately in order to help Renault win the 2008 F1 Singapore Grand Prix.

The s♔candal dubbed as ‘Crashgate’ came to🐻 light following Piquet’s sacking in 2009.

Piquet claimed Briatore, who was Renault boss at the time🐟, suggested crashing on purpose to effectively fix the raꩵce in their favour.

ಞOn Lap 15 of the inaugural Singapor✱e Grand Prix, Piquet crashed his car, triggering a Safety Car.

Teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso subsequently won the ✅race from 15th on the grid, giving Renault and Briatore their first win of the season.

A𓂃 year later, Piquet was sacked mid-season by Renault, with Briatore still in cha༺rge.

After an investigation, Briatore and technica🌜l director Pat Symonds were banned from the sport.

Briatore was initially handed a lifet💝ime ban, whic𝓰h was later overturned.

Symonds was handed five𓂃 yea🍌rs and would later make a comeback to F1 with Williams.

In an interview with Italian publication , Briatore denied even talking to Piquet when 🔴he wa🐓s in the team.

“No,♑ I’m not interested. I didn’t even speak to him much when he was drivin🌟g for me,” he said.

“He and I never spoke, and in fact t🐷he French court annulled the ban imposed by the FIA and awarded me a symbolic compe🌜nsation. Funnily enough, the president who banned me — Mosley — is the same one who disqualified Schumacher.

“When I leftಌ, I was tired: I had won everything, I had launched new drivers. It was no longer a business that I found exciting — it had become just another job, and that’s when I stop being effective.

“Plus, my son Falco wa𒅌s about to be born, and I wanted to be close to my wife.”

Briatore h🌄as recently returned to F1 as Alpine’s executive d🏅irector.

The 75-year-old is playing a key role in any ma﷽jor decision Alpine makes.

Fr🥂om drivers, such as the signing of Franco Colapinto, or becoming a customer team for 2026.

‘Crashgate’ continues to have a lasting impact, given the effect on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Felipe Massa’s 2008 F1 title bid.

The impromptu Safety Car caused 🉐by P🍸iquet’s crash arguably cost the Brazilian a likely victory.