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Sep
23rd

F1: Alain Prost could be new Renault F1 Team boss in Singapore

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A deal with Alain Prost may be concluded imminently so that the four time world champion can travel to Singapore to act as Renault's new team principal as soon as this weekend's night race in the Asian city-state. Full story...
Sep
23rd

F1: Italian press slams conspiracy, revenge

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While the British media slammed the leniency of Renault's crash-gate penalty, in Italy the press corps hit out at an alleged conspiracy and act of vengeance against Flavio Briatore. Full story...
Sep
22nd

FRANCE: Renault will decide F1 future ‘in next few days’

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The Renault Formula One team said on Tuesday that it would make a decision in the next few days over its future in F1 racing. Motor sport's governing body, the FIA, on Monday gave the team a suspended ban from the sport for ordering Nelson Piquet Jr to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Full story...
Sep
22nd

F1: Grand Prix world lashes out at crash-gate leniency

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The press hit out after Renault escaped almost unscathed from Monday's so-called 'crash-gate' hearing of the World Motor Sport Council. Full story...
Sep
22nd

F1: The British Football League wants to know more about Flavio Briatore

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Monday's meeting of the World Motor Sport Council ended Flavio Briatore's 20-year career in motor racing, and now the British Football League is considering whether to also ban the disgraced former Renault team boss. Full story...
Sep
21st

FRANCE: Renault given suspended F1 ban

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Renault's Formula One team has been given a two-year suspended ban for its role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Full story...
Sep
21st

Renault handed two-year suspended ban – Renault’s race ban

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Flavio Briatore gets a life ban from motorsport as FIA respond to Renault race-fixing scandal.


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Sep
21st

Renault’s electric revolution

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French firm stuns Frankfurt Motor Show with four battery-powered cars that will cost no more to buy and run than conventional petrol models.
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Sep
21st

F1: Alain Prost gets closer to Renault boss role

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The signs are growing stronger that Alain Prost is at the head of the queue to succeed Flavio Briatore as Renault's new formula one team boss. Full story...
Sep
21st

F1: Team Renault F1 handed a 2-year suspended ban for race fixing

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The Renault Formula 1 has been handed a two-year suspended ban for its involvement in fixing the result of last year's Singapore Grand Prix when it asked Nelson Piquet to crash voluntarily to cause a Safety Car situation. Full story...
Sep
18th

RUSSIA: Avtovaz eyes JV with Renault and Nissan – report

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Russia's struggling carmaker Avtovaz plans to create a purchasing joint venture with Renault and its alliance partner Nissan Motor, the Avtovaz CEO said on Friday. Full story...
Sep
18th

RUSSIA/GERMANY: Sberbank eyes budget Opel for AvtoVAZ

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AvtoVAZ, 25% controlled by Renault, could produce parts for Opel and build a budget car for the brand as part of the Magna-led consortium running Opel, Sberbank chief executive German Gref said. Full story...
Sep
18th

F1: Flavio Briatore did not have only friends in F1

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Interestingly, the previously-powerful Briatore's departure from formula one has opened the floodgates to open criticism of the flamboyant former Renault boss. Full story...
Sep
18th

NASCAR: Juan Pablo Montoya and Jeff Gordon Weigh In on Renault and F1’s Crash-gate

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Juan Pablo Montoya, the ex-Formula One driver, and Jeff Gordon, who drove Montoya's F-One Williams at an exhibition at Indianapolis, expressed novel reactions to the controversy roiling the Formula One circuit Full story...
Sep
17th

F1: Evidence from Nelson Piquet’s Renault data acquisition system

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Graphs generated by the data acquisition system located inside Nelson Piquet's Renault R28 last year during the Grand Prix of Singapore demonstrate how the young Brazilian spun his car on purpose. Full story...
Sep
17th

F1: Renault boss Carlos Ghosn holding fire on ‘crash-gate’ reaction

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Renault SA chief executive Carlos Ghosn was reluctant to comment this week about the 'crash-gate' scandal whilst at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Full story...
Sep
17th

F1: Niki Lauda and Hans Stuck call for hefty Renault penalty

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Former Formula 1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck on Thursday said the crash-gate affair had left him "speechless" and called for an unprecedented draconian penalty. Full story...
Sep
17th

F1: Bernie Ecclestone ‘sorry’ after Renault chief departures

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Bernie Ecclestone has said he was "surprised" by the news and "very sorry" to see his friend and business partner Flavio Briatore leave formula one in disgrace. Full story...
Sep
17th

F1: Nelson Piquet Sr vows to keep fighting Flavio Briatore

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Nelson Piquet's famous father and namesake has vowed to contest the legal action mentioned by the Renault team in a recent official media statement. Full story...
Sep
16th

FRANKFURT SHOW: Renault promises EV blitz

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The four Renault zero emission concept cars unveiled at Frankfurt are close to production and three of them will be on sale by 2011 with the fourth, the Zoe on sale in the early part of 2012. Full story...
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