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Briatore ‘never spoke' with Piquet about crashgate

Jun.4 Flavio Briatore has reiterated his innocence some decade and a half after Formula 1's infamous 'crashgate' scandal. The 75-year-old recently credited F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali for allowing him to return to the paddock as Alpine's executive advisor, having been banned for life in 2009 for ordering Nelson Piquet to crash on purpose during the 2008 Singapore GP. Felipe Massa, who narrowly lost the 2008 title to Lewis Hamilton, is currently in the midst of legal action, insisting the deliberate crash cost him points that would otherwise have crowned him champion. Briatore, however, now suggests to Corriere della Sera that he, in fact, is the real victim of the crashgate conspiracy. When...
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