Renault Formula One drivers Nelson Piquet of Brazil (front) and Fernando Alonso of Spain negotiate bend 10 during the qualifying session at the Marina Bay Singapore F1 Grand Prix circuit in this September 27, 2008 file photo. Renault parted company with flamboyant team boss Flavio Briatore on Wednesday and said they would not contest charges that they had fixed last year's Singapore Grand Prix by ordering a driver to crash. Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds have left the team, the team said in a statement.

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Renault Formula One Executive Director of Engineering Pat Symonds (C) and barrister Ali Malek QC (R) leave the International Automobile Federation (FIA) headquarters in Paris in this August 17, 2009 file photo. Renault will not contest race-fixing charges levelled against their Formula One team, the team said in a statement on Wednesday. Team Boss Flavio Briatore and Symonds have left the team, it added. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Files (FRANCE SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Renault Formula One team Managing Director Flavio Briatore is seen at the Nuerburgring F1 race track in this July 11, 2009 file photo. Renault will not contest race-fixing charges levelled against their Formula One team, the team said in a statement on Wednesday. Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds have left the team, it added. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele (GERMANY SPORT MOTOR RACING HEADSHOT) 

Renault Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso (L) and Nelson Piquet (R) pose for a photo with Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, after unveiling the new R39 car at Algarve racetrack in this January 19, 2009 file photo. Renault will not contest race-fixing charges levelled against their Formula One team, the team said in a statement on Wednesday. Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds have left the team, it added. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (PORTUGAL SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Renault Formula One Executive Director of Engineering Pat Symonds leaves the International Automobile Federation (FIA) headquarters in Paris August 17, 2009, after a hearing into the loss of a wheel from Fernando Alonso's car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Renault Formula One Executive Director of Engineering Pat Symonds (C) and barrister Ali Malek QC (R) leave the International Automobile Federation (FIA) headquarters in Paris August 17, 2009, after a hearing into the loss of a wheel from Fernando Alonso's car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Renault Formula One Executive Director of Engineering Pat Symonds leaves the International Automobile Federation (FIA) headquarters in Paris August 17, 2009, after a hearing into the loss of a wheel from Fernando Alonso's car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Australia's Andrew Symonds (L) is patted by England's Kevin Pietersen as he walks off the ground after he was dismissed during the third day of the fourth Ashes cricket test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground December 28, 2006. MOBILES OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA) 

Andrew Symonds of Australia (L) pats his captain Ricky Ponting on the back after Ponting was dismissed for 124 runs during the second one-day cricket final in Sydney February 12, 2006. Symonds made 151 runs in the Australian innings of five for 368 runs. REUTERS/Will Burgess 

Andrew Symonds of Australia (L) pats his captain Ricky Ponting on the back after Ponting was dismissed for 124 runs during the second one-day cricket final in Sydney February 12, 2006. Symonds made 151 runs in the Australian innings of five for 368 runs. REUTERS/Will Burgess 

Andrew Symonds of Australia (L) pats his captain Ricky Ponting on the back after Ponting was dismissed for 124 runs during the second one-day cricket final in Sydney February 12, 2006. Symonds made 151 runs in the Australian innings of five for 368 runs. REUTERS/Will Burgess 

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (L) pats Australia's Andrew Symonds
(R) on the arm during a brief meeting of both teams at the nets at St
Georges Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa March 17, 2003. Australia
will play Sri Lanka on March 18 in the first of the 2003 World Cup
semi-finals. REUTERS/David Gray

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