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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...ore-grand-prix

The father of the disgraced Brazilian Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr last night renewed his attacks on Renault and its former team boss Flavio Briatore during an interview on Brazilian television, saying his son's deliberate crash at last year's Singapore grand prix was made "inevitable" by the pressure placed on him.

"This is not something that should exist in motor racing," Nelson Piquet Sr said of the accident, which was planned to help his son's team-mate Fernando Alonso win the race. "In my career I would never have thought about doing something like this. But the circumstances that made him do this were inevitable. He was under great pressure."

Speaking to the Brazilian media for the first time since the allegations emerged last month, Piquet Sr accused Renault of "killing" his son's career by putting him at a disadvantage compared to Alonso with fewer chances to train and an inferior vehicle.

"This year was really very bad due to the favouring in terms of cars that Renault gave to Alonso," he said. "The team was not even managed by Briatore: it was managed by Alonso himself."

Piquet denied claims that the crash had been his son's idea. "Two hours before the race [Briatore] said [to Piquet Jr]: 'If you want to help the team then you have to do this'," Piquet said. "He accepted doing something under great pressure from Renault. He didn't have much else to lose in terms of his career.

"I knew that this was a crime. Manipulating the result of a race is a criminal act. There is no room for this in sport and especially when it is premeditated." He's hell bent on getting sonny back on the track. To crash some more.
Maybe when Renault pulls out, he can buy the remnants of the team for Junior...