THE FIA examination of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix could lead to Renault quitting Formula One if their team is found guilty of interfering with the result of the inaugural running of the floodlit race.
Although not mentioning Renault by name, the sport’s governing body is likely to take a closer look at the race following the acquisition of fresh evidence.
During the broadcast of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, the Brazilian network Globo TV reportedly said it had received information that Nelson Piquet Jr had been asked to crash on purpose and trigger the sequence of events that led to his then team-mate, Fernando Alonso, winning.