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[Gilles 27]

I can't believe how many are crying about poor little Piquet Junior and the pressure the little guy must be under. What a load of crap. Every Ferrari driver who ever sat in an F1 car would laugh hysterically if you told him about the pressure that Nelson's daddy's name must have put on him. Pressure? Try having an entire country calling for your head because you spun. Having that name opened doors for him that his talent never would have. Having that name has made his racing career easier, not harder. Perhaps he did crash the car to secure a seat and it worked...he has been in that seat for quite a while without any results and constantly WELL behind his team mate. He was given his shot and HE FAILED. He is not a victim, he is a bad F1 driver and as it turns out a waste of human tissue. He will spend the rest of his life regretting his decision to seek retribution by outing his team....and I have no doubt he will never sit in a running F1 car again...for good reason. He sucks.

He was a bloody good driver, and don't you forget that. He has been successful in all his life up until now, when he was employed by scum. Hence he was therefore not a waste of tissue, and continues not to be a waste of human tissue.

Do you call Sebastien Bourdais a waste of human tissue? Or Jensen Button? Or better still, Alain Prost? Ayrton Senna? Michael Schumacher? The latter 3 have definitely put other people's lives at risk to try and win championships. Some of their shunts were even worse than Piquet. Safety was not as major as it is today. Even worse still - those drivers decided themselves that they were going to endanger other driver's lives. Piquet was FORCED into this.

Big difference. If Piquet is scum, what are Senna, Prost and Schumacher?

I now realise that his daddy dearest wasn't the one who heaped the pressure onto him, and if anyone was blackmailing anyone it was Renault blackmailing Nelsinho. Poor guy. And for him to cop this much slack is bloody ridiculous. All of the sayings on this forum are fuelled by nothing but emotion.

Take a step back, seperate yourself from your emotions and realise exactly what you are saying about Nelsinho.

You misunderstand. Piquet is a waste of tissue because he is a talentless, already filthy rich playboy who got his Renault drive in the first place by calling in favours from his famous daddy and doing everything possible to undermine Heikki Kovalainen's position in the team. He has never shown either speed or consistency in an F1 car and now he has been correctly fired for being sh*t at his job, he is sour enough to want to take down an entire F1 team, employees and all. Now I see that he does seem to have a genuine grievance over the Singapore race last season but in the end, it was his decision to follow whatever order he had. He must have known it was the wrong thing to do. So what if they were going to fire him? Surely he didn't think he could keep that drive anyway? If he had even one bollock or any kind of perspective with regards to his driving ability and career prospects, he would have disobeyed the orders.

[Jabberwocky]

Think of the pressure that Flavio has been under. can you imagine the pressure that Renault would of been putting on him to sack the useless piece of poop that is Piquet Jr, and not be able to tell them why Jr still had a seat even though there where a lot of better people around to drive the car.

Any back on topic what next for Piquet. If I was a team boss I would have to think, has he got talent, yes but not enough to be top flight, has he got team spirit, yes he will do anything to keep his job, has he got integrity no.
I think if I was a second rate Le Mans team manager I might consider it. However if I was any serious team manager. I think I would have to send him on his way.

[Bruno_Brazil]

I am relieved that the FIA investigation has now been concluded. Those now running the Renault F1 Team took the decision, as I did, that it is better that the truth be known and accept the consequences. The most positive thing to come from bringing this to the attention of the FIA is that nothing like it will ever happen again.

I bitterly regret my actions to follow the orders I was given. I wish every day that I had not done it.

I don�t know how far my explanation will go to making people understand because for many being a racing driver is an amazing privilege, as it was for me. All I can tell you is that my situation at Renault turned into a nightmare. Having dreamed of being a Formula One driver and having worked so hard to get there, I found myself at the mercy of Mr Briatore. His true character, which had previously only been known to those he had treated like this in the past, is now known.

Mr Briatore was my manager as well as the team boss, he had my future in his hands but he cared nothing for it. By the time of the Singapore GP he had isolated me and driven me to the lowest point I had ever reached in my life. Now that I am out of that situation I cannot believe that I agreed to the plan, but when it was put to me I felt that I was in no position to refuse. Listening now to Mr Briatore�s reaction to my crash and hearing the comments he has made to the press over the last two weeks it is clear to me that I was simply being used by him then to be discarded and left to ridicule.

I have had to learn some very difficult lessons over the last 12 months and reconsider what is valuable in life. What has not changed is my love for Formula One and hunger to race again. I realise that I have to start my career from zero. I can only hope that a team will recognise how badly I was stifled at Renault and give me an opportunity to show what I promised in my career in F3 and GP2. What can be assured is that there will be no driver in Formula One as determined as me to prove myself.

As my final words on this matter, I would like to repeat that I am so sorry to those who work in Formula One (including the many good people at Renault) the fans and the governing body. I do not expect this to be forgiven or forgotten but at least now people can draw their conclusions based upon what really happened.

http://www.npiquet.com/news.asp?NewsID=340

[Jabberwocky]

I actually felt sorry for him reading that.

What can be assured is that there will be no driver in Formula One as determined as me to prove myself.

strange he is still talking as if he is still and F1 driver.

[vaptin]

He is speaking much more maturaly now, he should now just go somewhere to rebuild his career and reinvent himself - meritocraticly not with daddy, when this has all blown over and he has evidence he is a quick driver then is the time to try and get back in f1.

[Denthúl]

He is speaking much more maturaly now, he should now just go somewhere to rebuild his career and reinvent himself

[Gaz]

He is speaking much more maturaly now, he should now just go somewhere to rebuild his career and reinvent himself

Too right

He should never be allowed to race again.

[8-ball]

He is speaking much more maturaly now, he should now just go somewhere to rebuild his career and reinvent himself - meritocraticly not with daddy, when this has all blown over and he has evidence he is a quick driver then is the time to try and get back in f1.

What evidence? He was painfully slow during his first full season in F1 and that is why he was kept at arms length by Flav. It only got worse during the first half of his second season with yet more woeful performances. Add that his crazy father will be perpetually in the background ready to strike if you are the slightest bit critical I would keep Piquet Jr as far away from my team as possible.

[NocturnalTendencies]

It's hard to see any F1 team "trusting" him without concern of retribution down the road unless...

Nelson Piquet's F1 Contract

...
If we screw you over, you can't say a damn word about it.
...

Sign Here

[Amanda]

I am relieved that the FIA investigation has now been concluded. Those now running the Renault F1 Team took the decision, as I did, that it is better that the truth be known and accept the consequences. The most positive thing to come from bringing this to the attention of the FIA is that nothing like it will ever happen again.

I bitterly regret my actions to follow the orders I was given. I wish every day that I had not done it.

I don�t know how far my explanation will go to making people understand because for many being a racing driver is an amazing privilege, as it was for me. All I can tell you is that my situation at Renault turned into a nightmare. Having dreamed of being a Formula One driver and having worked so hard to get there, I found myself at the mercy of Mr Briatore. His true character, which had previously only been known to those he had treated like this in the past, is now known.

Mr Briatore was my manager as well as the team boss, he had my future in his hands but he cared nothing for it. By the time of the Singapore GP he had isolated me and driven me to the lowest point I had ever reached in my life. Now that I am out of that situation I cannot believe that I agreed to the plan, but when it was put to me I felt that I was in no position to refuse. Listening now to Mr Briatore�s reaction to my crash and hearing the comments he has made to the press over the last two weeks it is clear to me that I was simply being used by him then to be discarded and left to ridicule.

I have had to learn some very difficult lessons over the last 12 months and reconsider what is valuable in life. What has not changed is my love for Formula One and hunger to race again. I realise that I have to start my career from zero. I can only hope that a team will recognise how badly I was stifled at Renault and give me an opportunity to show what I promised in my career in F3 and GP2. What can be assured is that there will be no driver in Formula One as determined as me to prove myself.

As my final words on this matter, I would like to repeat that I am so sorry to those who work in Formula One (including the many good people at Renault) the fans and the governing body. I do not expect this to be forgiven or forgotten but at least now people can draw their conclusions based upon what really happened.

http://www.npiquet.com/news.asp?NewsID=340

My heart bleeds

[headless]

If a team hires him.
He might crash

[Jabberwocky]

If a team hires him.
He will* crash

got that for you.



*even if he means to or not

[headless]

If a team hires him.
He will* crash

got that for you.



*even if he means to or not

Cheers that was a HUUUGE mistake

[Hexagram]

He should be hung drawn and quartered.

[billindenver]

I think it is a good thing that Nelson's daddy hired a decent PR person to write up that statement for him. At least now he can exit the sport knowing that no amount of PR or begging could possibly have saved his career. He will not have to wonder 10 years from now (when he is managing his daddy's go kart track) whether or not begging in public would have saved his F1 career. It won't. Good riddance.