In the wake of the final ruling on the Renault crash-gate scandal, the decision to not exclude Renault from the championship has been described as  “pathetic and disgraceful.” As a counterpoint consider this. When looking strictly at the evidence that was considered, the Renault scandal is isolated to three individuals plus one unnamed witness. The [...]

In the furor over the race fixing allegations involving Nelson Piquet Jr. and Renault, some attention has turned to teammate Fernando Alonso. The argument is that Alonso should voluntarily give up his trophy and prize money for winning the race and/or be removed from the final race results. The basis of this argument is that [...]