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Renault faces race-fixing charges

Posted on 6 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Renault faces race-fixing charges

London – Renault will face charges of fixing last year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix by staging a crash that helped Spaniard Fernando Alonso win, Formula One’s governing body said on Friday.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that Renault’s representatives had been summoned to an extraordinary meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Sept 21.

This year’s Singapore race will be held on Sept 27.

The charges were that ‘the team conspired with its driver, Nelson Piquet Jr, to cause a deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix with the aim of causing the deployment of the safety car to the advantage of its other driver, Fernando Alonso’.

If found guilty, the 2005 and 2006 champions could be fined or kicked out of the world championship. Continue reading →

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F1 parties rev up

Posted on 6 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on F1 parties rev up

Ticket sales for Singapore’s upcoming Formula One night race may not yet be in overdrive, but plans for the party circuit are in full throttle.

Race-chasers can look forward to just as many related parties, acts and food and drink offerings at the SingTel Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix as last year, when the event made a global splash for being the first nice race.

There are more than 30 fun events ranging from shows by rockers such as the Black Eyed Peas, to beer bars with fast-flow taps, to a huge party at the yet-to-be opened Wave House pool complex at Sentosa.

Party organisers are pouring millions of dollars into the various attractions to cash in on the huge crowd that Formula 1 – with its fast cars, hunky drivers and their hot-babe girlfriends – usually attracts.

Local race promoter Singapore GP has beefed up its entertainment budget from $1.2 million to $4 million this year, for example. And the owners of St James Power Station will hold a four-day F1-themed festival that will cost about $200,000. Continue reading →

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