A Renault Formula One staff member walks past an F1 car covered by cloth in their garage at the F1 pit building Singapore September 22, 2009. Renault were handed a suspended permanent ban from Formula One on Monday while former team boss Flavio Briatore was barred for life for his role in a race-fixing scandal that has shamed and stunned the sport. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

A Renault Formula One staff member walks past an F1 car covered by cloth in their garage at the F1 pit building Singapore September 22, 2009. Renault were handed a suspended permanent ban from Formula One on Monday while former team boss Flavio Briatore was barred for life for his role in a race-fixing scandal that has shamed and stunned the sport.

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  1. Mechanics work at the Renault team garage in preparation for Sunday's Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Renault escaped severe punishment Monday for ordering former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash in a race, receiving only a suspended ban from Formula One.
  2. Mechanics work on a Renault machine at their garage in preparation for Sunday's Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Renault escaped severe punishment Monday for ordering former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash in a race, receiving only a suspended ban from Formula One.
  3. A Renault Formula One staff member walks past an F1 car covered by cloth in their garage at the F1 pit building Singapore September 22, 2009. Renault were handed a suspended permanent ban from Formula One on Monday while former team boss Flavio Briatore was barred for life for his role in a race-fixing scandal that has shamed and stunned the sport.
  4. Renault Formula One staff walk towards the back of their garage past an F1 car covered by cloth in Singapore September 22, 2009. Renault were handed a suspended permanent ban from Formula One on Monday while former team boss Flavio Briatore was barred for life for his role in a race-fixing scandal that has shamed and stunned the sport.
  5. PARIS - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Renault F1 driver, Brazilian Nelson Piquet Junior (C) leaves FIA headquarters after a hearing at the World Motor Sports Council as part of the 'crashgate' affair on September 21, 2009 in Paris, France. Renault will not contest the charges that Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered by management to deliberately crash his car during the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix, the crash caused the deployment off the safety car, due to team mate Fernando Alonso's race strategy he was able to win the race. The incident has already seen the resignation of team principal Flavio Briatore and Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds. The punishment from the FIA could be exclusion of the team from F1, a large fine or a suspended ban.
  6. Renault Team pallets sit at the Singapore GP Pit Building on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 in Singapore. Renault escaped severe punishment Monday for ordering former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash, receiving only a suspended two-year ban from Formula One's governing body.
  7. A worker stands in front of the Renault motorhouse at the Singapore GP Pit Building on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 in Singapore which will host the Singapore Formula One night race this weekend. A hearing into how former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered to deliberately crash his car during a Formula One race last year has started. The France-based Renault team is accused of ordering Piquet to crash during last year's Singapore Formula One Grand Prix in order to help teammate Fernando Alonso, who went on to win the race.
  8. PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 21: Renault Formula One team former driver Nelson Piquet Jr leaves the F.I.A headquarters after attending the World Motor Sport Council hearing on September 21, 2009 in Paris, France. Renault will not contest the charges that Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered by management to deliberately crash his car during the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix, the crash caused the deployment off the safety car, due to team mate Fernando Alonso's race strategy he was able to win the race. The incident has already seen the resignation of team principal Flavio Briatore and Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds. The punishment from the FIA could be exclusion of the team from F1, a large fine or a suspended ban.
  9. Renault Formula One team Managing Director Flavio Briatore looks on at the Nuerburgring F1 race track in this July 11, 2009 file photo. The former Renault team boss asked a French court to overturn his life ban from Formula One on November 24, 2009, saying he had been denied his right to a free and fair defence. The court said it expected to reach a verdict on January 5. The Italian, who had been a flamboyant figure in the Formula One paddock, also asked for one million euros ($1.50 million) in compensation from the Paris-based International Automobile Federation (FIA) for moral prejudice. Picture taken July 11, 2009.
  10. Philippe Ouakrat, centre, lawyer of Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, speaks to the press, as he arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore will demand euro1 million in damages from Formula One's world governing body, the FIA, if a Paris court overturns the lifetime suspension against him.
  11. Philippe Ouakrat, lawyer of former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore will demand euro1 million in damages from Formula One's world governing body, the FIA, if a Paris court overturns the lifetime suspension against him.
  12. French car manufacturer Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn addresses reporters during a press conference at the Flins Renault plant, west of Paris, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Ghosn says the automaker will announce whether it will stay in Formula One racing before the year's end. Renault's reputation was recently damaged by a crash scandal that led to team principal Flavio Briatore's indefinite ban from the sport.
  13. VERONA, ITALY - OCTOBER 03: Elisabetta Gregoraci, wife of Flavio Briatore attends the opening of Gardaland Magic Halloween on October 3, 2009 in Verona, Italy.
  14. VERONA, ITALY - OCTOBER 03: Elisabetta Gregoraci, wife of Flavio Briatore attends the opening of Gardaland Magic Halloween on October 3, 2009 in Verona, Italy.
  15. VERONA, ITALY - OCTOBER 03: Elisabetta Gregoraci, wife of Flavio Briatore attends the opening of Gardaland Magic Halloween on October 3, 2009 in Verona, Italy.
  16. VERONA, ITALY - OCTOBER 03: Elisabetta Gregoraci, wife of Flavio Briatore attends the opening of Gardaland Magic Halloween on October 3, 2009 in Verona, Italy.

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