Piquet Sr says his son was under enormous pressure at Renault and claims the whole debacle was "inevitable".
"This is not something that should exist in motor racing," Nelson Piquet Sr told the Brazilian media. "In my career I would never have thought about doing something like this. But the circumstances that made him do this were inevitable. He was under great pressure.
"This year was really very bad due to the favouring in terms of cars that Renault gave to Alonso. The team was not even managed by Briatore: it was managed by Alonso himself.
The former World Champion is also adamant that his son didn't come up with the idea to crash.
"Two hours before the race [Briatore] said [to Piquet Jr]: 'If you want to help the team then you have to do this'," Piquet said. "He accepted doing something under great pressure from Renault. He didn't have much else to lose in terms of his career.
"I knew that this was a crime. Manipulating the result of a race is a criminal act. There is no room for this in sport and especially when it is premeditated."
We don't know who is right or who is wrong, but all we know is that Nelson Piquet Sr is poling it for his son and in the process tarnishing his good name too.. I don't see Piquet Jr. driving in F1 again - ever... !
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