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Two drivers who made the leap from F1 to NASCAR before the latest convert Kimi Raikkonen have offered their own very candid assessment of the two substantially different motorsport disciplines

Renault F1 has agreed to pay 'substantial damages' to Nelsinho Piquet and his father for having defamed the pair in accusing them of making 'false allegations' about the infamous 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal

In contrast to the overwhelming condemnation of Ferrari's tactics in last month's German Grand Prix, Gerhard Berger and Nelsinho Piquet contend that the Scuderia was entirely right to use team orders at Hockenheim

Having left F1 with his tail between his legs in the wake of the 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal, Nelsinho Piquet admits countryman Felipe Massa has still not forgiven him for the incident the Ferrari star believes cost him the 2008 world championship crown

Having been contacted by his former arch-nemesis and ex-FIA President Max Mosley on the birth of his first child, Flavio Briatore insists he has 'no place' for the man who tried to get him permanently banned from F1 over the explosive 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal

Roberto Moreno - the man affectionately referred to in the motorsport world as 'Super-sub' - bucks the general trend by arguing that 'Singapore-gate' protagonist Nelsinho Piquet still deserves to be racing in F1

New Ferrari recruit Fernando Alonso has defended his somewhat besmirched reputation in the wake of his implication in two damaging and high-profile F1 scandals over the last three years - insisting that in both instances, he was simply in the 'wrong place at the wrong time'

Vitaly Petrov has attempted to shed some light upon the reason why his Renault F1 predecessor Romain Grosjean was not retained into 2010 - suggesting his former GP2 Series team-mate made a mistake in joining the grand prix grid midway through 2009

Nelsinho Piquet is not the only F1 driver whose career has been 'destroyed' by disgraced former Renault F1 managing director Flavio Briatore, S?bastien Bourdais has revealed - as the Frenchman admitted the famously irascible Italian was 'a big problem' for him throughout his time in the top fligh

F1 has a lot of tidying up to do if it is to re-establish its reputation after degenerating to such an extent that it is now 'worse than Eastenders' with its succession of high-profile, tabloid-fodder scandals - that is the opinion of Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner.

Disgraced former Renault F1 executive director of engineering Pat Symonds has revealed his 'eternal regret and shame' at the 'misguided devotion to my team' that has earned him a five-year ban over the 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal - whilst continuing to insist that the idea was that of Ne

Flavio Briatore has 'effectively been deleted from the world of motorsport' in the wake of Renault's 'Singapore-gate' scandal, contends BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle - and even though the Italian has 'done a lot of good things' for the sport, his former driver expects that he won't be

Lewis Hamilton has hit out against those claiming that he would not have won the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship had Felipe Massa not lost out in 'Singapore-gate' this time last year - insisting that he too was unfairly penalised on occasion by controversial decisions.

Eddie Irvine has waded into the Renault/'Singapore-gate' controversy in his typical irreverent, insouciant manner - suggesting that Formula 1 should be a war in which everyone does 'anything to win' with 'nothing beyond the realms of decency', and lamenting its modern-day transformation into a st

With the fate of his former employers Renault hanging precariously in the balance, and Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds having seemingly left Formula 1 for good, Nelsinho Piquet has created a trail of destruction in his wake over the past few weeks - and made himself 'unemployable' into the bargai

British newspaper The Times has published the full transcript of the Renault F1 pit-to-car radio communication in the lead-up to and aftermath of Nelsinho Piquet's controversial accident in last year's Singapore Grand Prix. It makes for interesting reading...

The evidence against Renault in Formula 1's highly damaging 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal is mounting up, after the R?gie's executive director of engineering Pat Symonds refused to deny that the team had instructed Nelsinho Piquet to crash on lap 14 of the top flight's inaugural nig

Full statement given by Nelsinho Piquet to the FIA regarding the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix: I, Nelson Angelo Piquet, born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany...say as follows:

Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso shrugged off an embarrassing coming-together with BMW-Sauber rival Nick Heidfeld to delight his home fans with the fastest time at the end of the opening day of practice for this weekend's European Grand Prix in Valencia - as new rookie team-mate Romain Gr

It is perhaps entirely appropriate that the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship title showdown should take place at Interlagos, since the circuit lends itself perfectly to drama and - whatever happens - the outcome of this weekend will make grand prix history.

Nelson Piquet Jr has admitted that his stunning second place finish in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim won't automatically lead to an upturn in his fortunes for the remainder of the Formula 1 season.