Piquet the Victim: ‘no one punished more than I’
October 5, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
Brazilian TV Globo had an interview with Nelson Piquet Jr in which he stated that he has been punished more than anyone. The Guardian carried the story here.
“[he would] more or less have to start my career from scratch in formula one”. “Some people have suggested I should have been punished by the FIA but, in reality, no one has been punished more than I have,” Piquet Jr said. “I am at the beginning of my career, unlike the others who have been punished in this case. I am going to have to overcome many obstacles on and off the track to prove my worth.
“I more or less have to start my career from scratch in formula one or justify myself in whatever category I might race in. Despite all the trauma, I have learnt much with what’s happened and I have come out of it stronger and wiser.”
“I made the allegation so that no other driver would go through what I went through and, more importantly, so that the whole episode would be clarified in the way it has been,” he said. “I committed a mistake in accepting what they asked me to do in that situation. But I would have made another mistake if I hadn’t brought it to the public.”
Just last week, countryman Felipe Massa was very critical of Piquet as the Times pointed out:
“He told [the truth] because he was fired; this is not cool,” Massa said. The Ferrari driver, who is slowly returning to the sport after fracturing his skull on the track in July, claimed he was “robbed” of last year’s world title by Renault’s cheating.
“He is in a very difficult position in Formula One,” Massa said. “You can be certain that if someone from a team says, ‘Let’s hire Nelsinho,’ it won’t go down well. I don’t think I would do this. I think that I would have to think very hard about it and I think that I wouldn’t be able to do it.”
Both the Guardian and the Times stories have interesting commentary and views but as the F1 paddock may have hardened toward the young Brazilian, it appears that perhaps his racing career may not be over. According to Globo TV, it seems the Red Horse Racing may want to test Piquet in their Toyota Tundra for the NASCAR Truck Series.
Piquet, in this F1B staffer’s opinion, should not be allowed in any series and to be linked with a test in the NASCAR truck series is a sad effort to drum up exposure and PR for the team if you pressed me for a reason. I can’t imagine any reason to test Piquet or have any interest other than riding the coat tails of controversy or looking for Piquet Sr’s money. It makes little sense on the whole of it. There are plenty of drivers and youngsters that would be good in that ride and to look toward Piquet is nonsensical. Perhaps someone at NASCAR will talk some sense into Red Horse Racing. Then again, it is NASCAR…they invented PR, overdone commercialism-in-racing and over exposure.
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I like Massa more and more.
According to Wikipedia:
“Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant or aversive on a person or animal, usually in response to disobedience, defiance, or behavior deemed morally wrong by individual, governmental, or religious principles.”
“A result is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value and victory.”
He got no “punishment”. Flav, even if it was his plan, was over-punished. Simmons too.
Junior would have found it next to impossible to find another ride (in or out of F1) because of his (lack of) skill. He will find it impossible because of his lack of integrity and his stupidity for “following orders”. That’s not punishment, that is a result.
It’s true that no one has actually punished Jr for his stupidity, but he has royally screwed himself. Of the three conspirators, Jr is the one who comes out of this with by far the least respect or support.
I’d much rather be in Pat Symonds’ shoes than in Jr’s. I’m sure that, after his five-year ban, Symonds will be welcomed back into top tier racing with open, outstretched arms. Unlike Jr he bowed out with what dignity he had left and — crucially — he’s proven that he’s damned good at what he does.
Piquet? Can’t see him ever driving an F1 car again; scandal aside, he didn’t have what it took during race weekend. If he does decide to do NASCAR, surely it would only hasten his demise…
Piquet wasn’t fast in F1 because Alonso had all the good car parts.
Right. I guess that explains Piquet crashing at every track. It was because “Alonso had all the good car parts” and not because Piquet couldn’t drive. Come to think of it, most his accidents were car failures and not driver errors, right? RIGHT?!?
Piquet’s arrogance is starting to give me a headache, even though it always had while he was racing. He could have said “no” when initially approached by the team to crash the car but he went through with it and now he has to deal with the repercussions. Stop acting like a little baby and move on, Sr. Sr. can do the whining for you from here on out.
So tired of the “this is everyone else’s fault but mine” whining and how much he has suffered., How about the fans at Singapore who paid for tickets, or ING who sponsored the car you wrecked or the members of the Renault team NOT involved who put the hard work into building and prepping for you just so you could toss it in the wall on purpose. His lack of concern for those people annys me to no end and frankly I hope he comes to NASCAR just so I can watch JPM, Smoke, and Biffle spin his a– into the grass everytime he does something stupid.
It is not his arrogance, but his naivety that drives me insane. Obviously it drove him insane instead as wel.
I wouldn’t let Jr. drive my Formula Vee (ohh if I could only afford that damn Formula Vee!). But I have to laugh at the fall from F1 to NASCAR trucks! He He He He He!