Renault given two-year suspended ban
Published:Monday | September 21, 2009 | 12:36 PM
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has sentenced the Renault team to a two-year suspended ban until the end of the 2011 Formula One season.
The verdict was handed down by the sport’s governing body after a 90-minute hearing at its Paris headquarters today.
The team was called before governing body the FIA to answer charges they had asked driver Nelson Piquet Junior to crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win.
Former team boss Flavio Briatore has been banned from FIA-sanctioned events for an unlimited period.
Ex-engineering director Pat Symonds has also been excluded for five years.
The FIA agreed not to pursue action against Piquet in return for his role in uncovering the details of the scandal.
Alonso, who attended the hearing in Paris, was also cleared of any involvement in the race-fixing scheme and the FIA thanked him for cooperating with enquiries.