Thread: Formula 1 2009 Season [may contain real time spoilers]
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Old 03-08-2009, 21:49   #665
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Re: Formula 1 2009 Season [may contain real time spoilers]
Piquet being dropped was unfortunately only a matter of time, but for Flavio as a manager, I must say why didn't he (Piquet) do his research on previous givings like Trulli at Renault in 2004.

Bourdais and Piquet should have been given more opportunities to prove themselves with new gear. Bourdais should have been given far more time as that Torro Rosso was obviously not suited to him and he didn't help his cause with *that* Silverstone collision.

Piquet has been given unequal gear all year to Alonso and the only time he's *supposedly* given equal equipment as his teammate, Alonso sticks it on pole and shafts him all weekend til his bad pitstop and retirement. So despite the fact Piquet actually finished a race, and wasn't half-bad compared to the rest of the pack, Renault still dropped him.

I think Flavio basically wanted somebody who would suck up to Alonso as a 2nd-fiddle teammate. He didn't want 2 competitive drivers in the team like McLaren had in 2007.
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