LONDON (AP): Renault managing director Flavio Briatore and engineering executive director Pat Symonds left the Formula One team Wednesday, and the team said it will not contest a charge that Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered to crash in a race.
Renault has been summoned to Paris by governing body FIA to answer allegations that Piquet Jr. was told to crash at last year's Singapore Grand Prix to improve teammate Fernando Alonso's chances of victory. The Spaniard went on to win the race.
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