Renault have been slapped with a two-year suspended disqualification for race-fixing at last year's Singapore GP.
The team faced the FIA's World Motor Sport Council in Paris earlier today, spending just 90 minutes in front of the 26-man Council, which includes FIA President Max Mosley and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Renault, prior to the hearing, revealed that they wouldn't dispute the charges which related to then team boss Flavio Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds allegedly ordering Nelson Piquet Jr to crash in order to help his team-mate Fernando Alonso to the race win.
The charges meant Renault could face either a fine, suspension or even expulsion from Formula One, however, after deliberating the Council opted for a suspended punishment.
The World Motor Sport Council has exonerated Fernando Alonso in Renault's race-fixing scandal, saying the Spaniard was "not in any way" involved.
This definitely could be seen as a verdict that was taken ti save the interest of the sport. After all, Renault is a championship winning team and play a decent role in the current F1 scenario. However, this would also mean that some of the bigger teams would get a wrong message that they could get off after committing murder. That would not be the best message to get across.
The outcome is that we will continue seeing Renault on the grid which is good for the sport. We will def see Alonso in action which is good. We will not have Pat Symonds and the flamboyant Flavio on grid... Now, is that good or bad ??? You decide !! :)
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