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Briatore maintains his innocence in Crashgate
Five years down the line, Flavio Briatore is adamant there is "no proof" that he ordered Nelson Piquet Jr to crash during the 2008 Singapore GP.
Briatore, who was the Renault team boss at the time, was found guilty of ordering Piquet Jr to deliberately put his car in the wall to help team-mate Fernando Alonso to the victory.
The Italian was handed a lifetime ban which was rejected by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris in 2010.
Speaking in an interview with F1 Racing's Maurice Hamilton, Briatore maintained his innocence in the matter.
"The court in Paris was very clear; I was not involved at all. That is what the letter said," he said.
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