Wrapping up Renault “crashgate”

This is how the Renault F1 “crashgate” ends (except for inevitable fallout of different kinds) – Renault stays involved in the sport, the guilty team managers are suspended from the sport for up to life, the guilty driver gets immunity but will likely never again step into an F1 car.

James Allen writes on the conclusion here.

It reflects horribly on the people involved and the sport in general. But kudos to Renault car company for owning up to the error that their race team committed and for staying engaged in the sport – saving hundreds if not thousands of jobs that might have been lost.

I think Renault did the best thing possible by not contesting the charges, booting the responsible managers and negotiating the penalties with the FIA. If anything, the FIA let them off too easy, compared to McLaren’s treatment a couple of years ago.

Hoping all race teams are updating their “things you should never do” list.