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often have to coexist with politics but00:00:05
no one would have ever expected that00:00:07
someone00:00:09
would also be willing to00:00:11
jeopardize the safety of one of their00:00:13
drivers in order to deceive the system and on the other hand no one00:00:15
expected that there would have been a driver00:00:17
willing to do anything to be accepted00:00:20
by his team00:00:21
today we tell you the story of the00:00:23
2008 crash gate today we talk about one of the00:00:26
biggest scandals in the history of this00:00:28
sport00:00:29
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welcome back to a new video of00:01:25
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isn't exactly at its best I'm ready to00:01:30
tell you the story of one of the00:01:32
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murky story about this dark story about00:01:58
this story about this story now it's00:02:01
not like we're going to look for all the00:02:02
adjectives the crashgate to understand00:02:05
the situation well we obviously need to make00:02:07
some assumptions so we have to go00:02:09
back to the beginning of the00:02:11
2008 season Renault comes from an00:02:13
almost disastrous 2007 championship in which it did not00:02:16
achieve any victories after having00:02:18
dominated Formula 1 for two years and00:02:20
therefore needs to redeem itself00:02:22
quickly. It does so by bringing home its00:02:24
prodigal son. Fernando Alonso, the00:02:26
Asturian driver returns to Renault after00:02:29
a stormy year to say the least spent in00:02:32
mclaren alongside lewis hamiton the00:02:34
renault revolution however00:02:36
also concerns the second driver and00:02:38
nelson piquet junior is hired or in the00:02:40
sign piquet the son of the three times00:02:42
brazilian world champion piquet had00:02:45
finished second in the gp2 championship of00:02:47
2006, among other things, right behind Lewis00:02:49
Hamilton and had been hired by the00:02:51
French company as a test driver00:02:53
then with the departure of Kovalainen to00:02:56
McLaren to replace00:02:58
Alonso and the end of relations with00:03:00
Giancarlo Physicalla it was decided to00:03:02
focus everything on Brazilian driver,00:03:05
however, the season will prove to be rather00:03:06
difficult for both Alonso and Piquè00:03:09
who is to all intents and purposes a rookie00:03:11
in his first race. The Brazilian00:03:14
qualifies second to last ahead only of00:03:16
Davidson's Super Aguri and in the race he doesn't fare any00:03:19
better, in fact at the start he tries a00:03:21
risky attack on the inside and goes to00:03:23
hit the force india of physicalella00:03:25
subsequently then on lap 30 he has to00:03:27
retire due to a clutch problem and00:03:29
the season does not continue very well in00:03:31
fact00:03:32
despite the vehicle not being among the00:03:33
best on the grid Alonso00:03:35
constantly manages to go to points while00:03:38
Piquet is struggling really hard and among00:03:40
disappointing performances, mistakes by the driver00:03:43
in the first nine races he only brings home00:03:45
two miserable points,00:03:48
the first rumors begin to circulate as always in the00:03:50
circus paddock according to which in the event00:03:52
of an improvement in performance the00:03:55
French team would be ready to00:03:57
ditch Piquet with the Renault which00:03:59
does absolutely nothing to deny00:04:01
these rumors it must be said at the German Grand Prix00:04:03
however there is a sudden flash in00:04:06
fact thanks also a little to Lady00:04:08
Luck which turned into a safety car00:04:10
during the race the Brazilian he00:04:12
even takes home second place which00:04:15
means the first podium in his career,00:04:16
cheering up his situation a bit but00:04:19
it's just an isolated flash in a season00:04:22
that won't be exactly idyllic for pique in00:04:25
fact after three points won in00:04:27
Hungary there come three more races in which00:04:29
always ends up outside the area,00:04:32
thus arriving at the fateful Singapore Grand Prix,00:04:34
a historic race because the00:04:36
number 800 in the history of Formula 100:04:39
and it is also the first ever to00:04:41
take place at night, the world battle is00:04:44
very close and sees Lewis Hamilton first00:04:46
with just one point ahead of00:04:49
Ferrari's Felipe Massa at home Renault is not doing00:04:51
well with the teams, in fact it is00:04:54
fifth in the constructors' standings and00:04:56
despite the little in Germany let's say00:04:58
that relations with Piquet are not00:05:00
exactly the best but suddenly00:05:02
on the Asian circuit the team00:05:05
finds itself competitive in fact Alonso00:05:07
sets the best time in the second and00:05:10
third free practice sessions so we00:05:12
expect that on Saturday they will have a00:05:14
great qualifying but instead it won't be like that, in00:05:17
fact Piquet gets eliminated in Q1 while00:05:20
Alonso doesn't even manage to get on00:05:21
track in q2 due to a00:05:24
mechanical problem and will therefore start fifteenth00:05:26
a big disappointment for Renault on00:05:29
a circuit where it is very difficult to00:05:31
overtake another00:05:33
very disappointing race is expected but instead it won't be like that00:05:37
already during the formation lap00:05:38
something rather strange happens00:05:40
suddenly he loses his car00:05:43
in the same corner that shortly after00:05:45
will see him as the protagonist but manages to00:05:48
regain his position whether it was00:05:50
a sort of training we will never know00:05:52
but in the meantime the doubt is there is00:05:55
that the race starts Alonso with the as00:05:57
usual he starts well and immediately gains three00:05:59
positions while p, who loses 2, the00:06:02
Spaniard then remains bottled up behind00:06:04
Nakajima's Williams for several00:06:06
laps and then only on the twelfth lap does00:06:09
he return to the pits for his first00:06:11
refueling, a strange tactic00:06:13
as starting so far back would have00:06:15
It was better for him to take on more00:06:17
fuel and do a longer stint. The fact00:06:19
is that when he stops he falls back to the back of the00:06:22
group. Only two laps pass and the00:06:25
bad thing happens. He arrives at turn 17 and00:06:27
suddenly he turns and00:06:29
hits the guard rail. There00:06:32
are no cranes. nearby so the00:06:34
race director can't do anything other than00:06:36
let the safety car in. It's on the track. Now00:06:38
here we need to make a parenthesis. In 200800:06:40
there was a fairly absurd rule which00:06:43
stated that when the safety car00:06:45
was on the track, no could return to the00:06:47
pits under penalty of a 10 second stop and go,00:06:50
don't ask me why, I wasn't00:06:53
in the FIA at the time so the problem is00:06:55
that the safety car came in just at the00:06:57
moment in which everyone or almost everyone had00:07:00
planned their stop so for00:07:03
example rosberg and kubica have to00:07:05
return even with the pit lane closed00:07:07
because they had simply run out of00:07:09
petrol in the tank when00:07:11
the pit lane is reopened as one imagines00:07:14
practically everyone returns to the pits to00:07:16
make their stop00:07:18
among these is felipe massa who was00:07:20
masterfully leading the race until00:07:22
the moment of the pit stops Ferrari fans I00:07:25
know00:07:26
that moment is coming to00:07:27
prepare demands take someone to00:07:29
hug take someone to00:07:30
punch find something to00:07:32
vent your pent-up stress in the00:07:34
pits there is unspeakable chaos given that00:07:37
everyone returns practically at the00:07:39
same time00:07:40
but the most sensational episode obviously happens00:07:42
at the Ferrari garage in fact due to a00:07:45
mass misunderstanding the start is given00:07:47
with the green light introduced00:07:49
only by some grand prix and00:07:51
evidently not yet precisely and00:07:53
Brazil starts again by tearing away00:07:55
from the refueling car the hose00:07:57
that was still hooked up to Massa does00:08:00
not immediately notice the situation and00:08:02
stops at the end of the pit lane only00:08:04
because he was ordered by radio from the wall, the00:08:07
mechanics have to run along the entire pit00:08:09
lane to remove the hose and00:08:11
get him to restart but the Brazilian00:08:13
is now in last position,00:08:15
this situation also causes the other00:08:19
Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, who was behind and00:08:20
waiting for his turn to00:08:23
stop, to lose a lot of time, now the situation in the race is00:08:25
completely upset and he sees00:08:27
Rosberg leads in front of Trulli Physicalla00:08:29
Kubica and Alonso but between the two who have to00:08:33
serve the penalty for stopping00:08:35
when the pit lane was closed and the00:08:37
other two who had not yet made00:08:39
their stop due to a different strategy,00:08:41
Alonso incredibly finds himself in00:08:44
command of the lead the race and will not00:08:46
give up until the end, going on to00:08:48
take his first victory of00:08:50
the season, the garage and the Spaniard are00:08:52
naturally euphoric and at the end of the race there is00:08:55
also room for a curious little scene00:08:57
with Flavio Briatore00:09:02
[Applause]00:09:07
so00:09:10
keep everything in mind this is the00:09:12
visibly embarrassed reaction of briatore we00:09:15
will need it later the drivers at the end00:09:18
of the race declare I am extremely00:09:20
happy I can't believe it I think I00:09:22
need a couple of days to00:09:24
realize that we won a00:09:25
race this year it seemed impossible for the00:09:28
whole season to be close to the00:09:29
best and here suddenly we00:09:31
were competitive from Friday obviously00:09:33
we started from behind and the first safety00:09:35
car helped me a lot and I managed00:09:37
to win the race from the start of the race00:09:39
things got complicated00:09:41
I had a lot of graining the team00:09:43
asked me to push and in the end I00:09:45
made a mistake losing the rear00:09:46
of my car I hit00:09:48
the wall heavily but I'm fine I'm00:09:50
disappointed but obviously very happy for the00:09:53
team this evening00:09:54
already however in the post race and in the00:09:56
following days you can feel it some grumbling00:09:58
some gossip the piquet incident00:10:01
came at just the right time00:10:02
for alonso and it arouses more than a00:10:06
suspicion even max mosley is00:10:08
interviewed about it but he dismisses00:10:10
these things as banal speculation00:10:13
obviously in the absence of any evidence00:10:16
it is impossible to make a judgment the00:10:18
issue seems to end up in00:10:19
oblivion the press talks about it but not00:10:21
too much but in a newspaper jones or word00:10:25
writes we like to believe that no00:10:27
team in the world would have ever been so00:10:29
desperate as to have a driver who throws00:10:32
his car against a wall00:10:34
voluntarily already in the six so sure00:10:37
sure sure sure no why continue00:10:39
watching the video now we'll explain00:10:41
one that was talking about in the 2008 season00:10:43
it ends and despite the poor results00:10:47
casually p who is confirmed at the00:10:50
helm of Renault for 200900:10:52
but if the 2008 year had been discreet00:10:55
discreet only for the podium in00:10:57
Germany practically the 2009 one will be00:11:00
much more disappointing in the first ten00:11:03
races in the sign Piquet is not even able00:11:05
to reach the points zone the team00:11:07
in the end decides to put him on foot the00:11:09
results are there for all to see00:11:11
and he is replaced with the team's test driver00:11:15
roma ingro jean not without some00:11:17
controversy on the part of piquet and his00:11:19
staff and so less than a month after00:11:21
piquet's dismissal comes a00:11:23
sensational twist, the00:11:25
brazilian television network globo announces that00:11:28
the fia is investigating singapore00:11:30
2008 because evidence has emerged that00:11:33
the Piquet accident was00:11:35
premeditated shortly after the FIA announces00:11:37
that it is actually investigating the00:11:40
quote-unquote events that occurred during a00:11:42
previous Grand Prix, thus remaining00:11:45
vague and without specifying which race00:11:47
it was, on September 4, 2009 then00:11:50
comes the official announcement Renault is00:11:52
accused of having manipulated the outcome00:11:54
of the Singapore race the00:11:56
previous year, the FIA note states that00:11:59
Renault is accused of violating00:12:00
article 151c of the international sporting code.00:12:05
The team conspired with its00:12:06
driver Nelson Piquet Junior to cause00:12:09
a deliberate accident at Singapore Grand Prix00:12:10
2008 with the aim of00:12:13
causing the entry of the safety car to the00:12:15
advantage of its other driver Fernando00:12:17
Alonso the team is called to00:12:19
testify at the FIA on September 21st00:12:21
while it turns out that the evidence that emerged was00:12:24
brought by Nelson00:12:26
Piquet himself junior who00:12:28
gave a deposition to the00:12:30
FIA on 30 July of that year. I was in a very vulnerable state of mind.00:12:32
We were negotiating the renewal00:12:34
of the contract during the days when we were00:12:35
racing and the proposal to deliberately cause an00:12:37
accident was00:12:39
made to me shortly before. of the race when I00:12:41
was approached by Briatore and Simons,00:12:44
the latter in the presence of Briatore00:12:46
asked me if I was willing to00:12:47
sacrifice my race for the team by00:12:49
forcing the safety car to enter the00:12:52
track Simons called me into a corner00:12:54
and showed me a map precisely the00:12:56
exact curve where I should have gone off00:12:58
the track and it also showed me the lap00:13:00
in which I should have done it on00:13:03
September 11th after learning of00:13:04
Piquet's depositions the team decides00:13:06
to take legal action against the00:13:09
Brazilian accusing him of slander00:13:11
according to Renault these accusations of00:13:13
pique would be part of an00:13:14
elaborate plan against the team to00:13:16
blackmail it and force it to give him back00:13:18
the steering wheel, however the Brazilian replies00:13:21
without firing a shot because I am telling the truth there is00:13:23
nothing to fear either from the Renault team00:13:25
or from Mr. Briatore I am well00:13:27
aware of the power of influence of00:13:29
those under investigation and the vast00:13:31
resources at their disposal00:13:33
but then he will no longer be forced to00:13:35
make a decision that I00:13:36
regret today on September 14 Pat Simons is00:13:40
formally offered immunity in exchange for00:13:42
admitting that he00:13:44
voluntarily caused Piquet's accident00:13:46
Simons initially refuses but makes00:13:49
some admissions in fact in the00:13:51
telemetry you can clearly see that00:13:54
Piquet touches the accelerator after00:13:56
going into a spin,00:13:57
a behavior that would seem to00:13:59
hide the intention of going into00:14:01
the wall two days later he arrives a new00:14:03
twist in the form of an00:14:05
official press release from Renault00:14:08
announcing that both Briatore and Simon have00:14:10
been removed from the team and that in00:14:12
no way will the00:14:15
accusations made at the hearing on00:14:17
September 21st be contested, essentially a sort of00:14:19
admission of guilt by part of the00:14:21
French team probably to avoid00:14:23
exclusion from the championship Simons00:14:26
initially accuses Piquet of having00:14:28
been the first to propose to cause00:14:31
the accident00:14:32
then on September 20th one day00:14:34
of the hearing the full confession arrives00:14:36
the accident was premeditated and00:14:38
the race was rigged but everything00:14:40
was done without the knowledge of Fernando00:14:42
Alonso. His testimony comes at the00:14:45
same time as that of a member of the00:14:47
team who wishes to remain anonymous who00:14:49
claims to have been present at the00:14:50
pre-race briefing in which the match was proposed.00:14:52
accident, however00:14:55
openly expressing his opposition to this00:14:57
decision also because I mean00:15:00
yes silvio already said to do it00:15:02
now there are no longer any doubts on 2100:15:04
September 2009 the FIA decisions arrive00:15:06
after the hearing Renault00:15:09
is disqualified but only for two years00:15:11
with the conditional having taken00:15:12
action by firing the two protagonists00:15:15
of the Apat Simons trick,00:15:18
a 5-year disqualification is imposed while Briatore00:15:21
who had always declared himself uninvolved in the00:15:22
facts is permanently disqualified from00:15:25
any FIA event with the super licenses00:15:28
of the pilots managed by him which would have00:15:30
been revoked as a result of the race,00:15:32
however,00:15:33
is not cancelled, which among other things00:15:35
would have given the 2008 drivers' title00:15:37
to Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso00:15:40
is not given any sanction in the00:15:42
absence of evidence that he was00:15:44
actually aware of the00:15:45
trick. Lai Engine, the main sponsor00:15:48
of the Renault team, destroys all the00:15:50
contracts and requires that all its00:15:52
locations be removed from the readings for00:15:54
the next grand prix which ironically00:15:56
is the one in Singapore and00:15:58
among other things the new Roma driver Indro00:16:01
Jean crashed in exactly the00:16:03
same point of the circuit where p00:16:05
it had crashed a year before00:16:08
no don't worry it didn't give the victory00:16:09
no one was on Friday it was free practice it had00:16:11
nothing to do with it it ended here00:16:13
you will think no it didn't end here there is still00:16:16
a piece in fact a month after the00:16:18
ruling a lawsuit arrives against the FIA00:16:20
by flavio briatore who claims00:16:23
that it was used as an instrument of00:16:25
revenge on behalf of a man and that there00:16:27
were several miscarriages of justice00:16:29
including a delay in the summons, a00:16:31
failure to anticipate charges and00:16:33
a lack of access to documents on 500:16:36
January 2010 on Paris court00:16:39
agrees with Briatore since not being00:16:41
the holder of an FIA license he was not subject00:16:43
to its rules, canceling the disqualification of00:16:45
both him and Simons and demanding00:16:48
compensation of 15 thousand euros. Jean Todt00:16:50
who has become the new president00:16:52
of the FIA is not in favor and announces the00:16:55
presentation of an appeal against00:16:56
this sentence at the end of this00:16:59
political battle an00:17:01
agreement was reached between the parties and on 12 April 201000:17:03
the two accepted a two-00:17:06
year disqualification from any fia competition in short it00:17:08
all ended with tarallucci and00:17:10
the last act of this matter arrives00:17:13
on 7 September 2010 when it was00:17:15
announced that Nelson Piquet Junior and00:17:17
his father had won a lawsuit against00:17:20
Renault for defamation against them.00:17:22
The team accepts that the accusations00:17:24
made by Nelson Piquet Junior00:17:26
were not false. Consequently, these00:17:29
serious accusations contained in our00:17:30
press release were completely false00:17:33
and unfounded we unequivocally withdraw them00:17:34
we would like to apologize00:17:37
unreservedly to Mr. Piquet00:17:39
Junior and his father for the and embarrassment00:17:41
caused as a sign of the sincerity of00:17:44
our apologies of our regret00:17:45
we have agreed to compensate them a00:17:48
substantial amount of damages for00:17:50
defamation as well as their expenses and00:17:53
obviously at the end of00:17:54
this whole story one wonders what happened to00:17:56
Nelson Piquet Junior and needless to say that00:18:00
his career was inevitably00:18:02
compromised there were contacts to00:18:04
race with virgins in 2010 but also00:18:07
at in light of the scandal of which he00:18:08
was the protagonist, in the end nothing was00:18:10
done about it00:18:11
p that he will go to nascar for a few years00:18:13
and then move on to the newly formed formula and00:18:16
of which among other things he will be the first00:18:17
official champion racing there until00:18:20
2019 simons will become a consultant in 201100:18:23
of the Russian team and then00:18:25
moving to Williams where he will be00:18:27
technical director until 2016. Briatore will no00:18:30
longer return to Formula 1 but in March00:18:32
2022 it was unexpectedly announced00:18:35
that he has become a sort of00:18:37
ambassador for Formula 1,00:18:39
coordinating with Stefano Domenicali for00:18:41
the creation of new initiatives on the00:18:43
public entertainment00:18:45
and commercial initiatives front, we00:18:48
'll leave the judgment to you in the comments,00:18:49
always with civil tones, I recommend that00:18:52
the story of Singapore 2008 ends here,00:18:54
the story of the rigged race, one of the00:18:57
blackest pages of this sport,00:18:59
the impossible that unfortunately00:19:01
a murky story becomes possible that we sincerely00:19:03
hope we will no longer have to00:19:05
tell in the future00:19:08
[Music]Description:
Singapore Grand Prix 2008. Nelson Piquet Jr.'s Renault crashes and causes the Safety Car to enter the race. Yet none of those watching the race know that this moment will mark a watershed in the history of Formula 1, the beginning of one of the blackest pages in the sport. The story is known, we try to tell it to you, even for those who may not have been born at the time, or were too young to understand what had happened ...
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