Nelson Piquet Snr, Whistleblower in [...] ; World of Sport [Edition 2]

Daily Mail › September 18, 2009

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NELSON PIQUET Snr, whistleblower in the Formula One cheating scandal, last night promised to pour as much of his fortune as it takes into defeating Flavio Briatore in the courts. Briatore, who this week left Renault in shame after apparently ordering Piquet's son, Nelson Jnr, to crash his car in last September's Singapore Grand Prix, has started criminal proceedings in France against the pair, alleging they blackmailed him. But yesterday Piquet Snr, the triple world champion who first contacted the FIA to claim the race had been fixed, said: 'I have the money in order to get the best lawyers. And about what does he actually want to complain? About the truth?' Piquet Snr, a multimillionaire, added: 'People like Flavio get so much power that they believe they can walk on water. Despite the clear evidence, he actually assumed nothing could happen to him.' Piquet Jnr's crash allowed his then team-mate Fernando Alonso to win the race after the introduction of the safety car.

But the Brazilian has been told he will not be punished at Monday's FIA hearing in Paris as his reward for coming forward with the evidence that brought about the departures of Briatore as Renault team principal and Pat Symonds as engineering director.

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