f1 lore
back in 2008, Renault fixed a race for Fernando Alonso, by asking his teammate, Nelson Piquet, to deliberately crash his car into the wall, in a moment where it was strategically advantageous to them
f1 lore
the driver who did it got away clean because he blew the whistle about the whole thing (the next year, after he was fired from the team due to poor results)
Fernando Alonso too, since it couldn't be proved that he was aware of the whole conspiracy
Renault had a suspended two year ban from the sport, since they had aided with the investigation
the only ones who were actually sentenced for it were the Chief Engineer and the Team Principal, the ones who orchestrated everything, facing a 5 year and indefinite ban respectively. but this was overturned by a French court. so, since last year, the Team Principal is back as Team Principal
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