No CHEATS in F1!!! Hope he never gets a drive. If he­ does, I hope the Driver's Association files a­ protest to working under unsafe conditions. I­ don't mind Piquet getting immunity from­ prosecution, as they probably needed it to get any­ evidence but I still think they should have revoked his­ superlicense at the very least!
Hope Ant gets a drive­ -- it'd also be nice to see Taku get another shot. ­ I wonder how the crowded track and the no refuelling­ aspects are going to interact next year? I bet it be­ the procession of processions....
:)

Maybe Booth is reckoning that he can get Piquet cheaply­ due to his history and his Dad's money. Yes, it­ would be cheaply in those terms, but probably very­ expensive in terms of A leading Sponsor, or­ unnecessarily wrecked cars during the season. ­

Branson is probably the only person who could ignore­ Piquet's history as a sponsor because he will­ probably be the majority owner by then. Unless Piquet­ is able to bring with him serious Brazilian sponsorship­ to the team, the idea shouldn't be considered. ­

Additionally, I consider both Davidson and Klien to­ be superior drivers who have proven their ability to­ develop a car and to set it up to best effect. They­ should be the everyday drivers with Carroll as the­ reserve. Then Manor could really claim status as a­ British team. Klien has spent so much time driving for­ Brit teams he should have been offered Brit citizenship­ long ago.

Looks like Manor team boss actually referred to the­ smashing 'pocket' of Nelson's father.

­ It must be hard for a new team for find sponsor in this­ kind of economy. Looks at Brawn. Looks at how good­ they are and how long it takes them to add new­ sponsors. It must be harder for Manor GP compare to­ Brawn. Nelson Piquet will come into the team along­ with the finance of his dad. So in the end,­ daddy's money gives junior a second chance. It­ must be nice to be able to fall back on your dad's­ pocket when you mess up your career.

A guy like­ Heikki or Bourdais deserves a second chance more than­ Piquet. But they don't have daddy's money to­ throw around.

I guess 'Yorkshire Values' include smashing­ little cheats :-)

It'd be an absolute disgrace to see Piquet back if­ formula 1. Adam Carroll is the current A1GP champ and­ would deserve every chance he gets in formula 1. ­ Piquet is mentally unstable in my opinion. What he did­ shows a total lack of respect to legends such as Ayrton­ Senna, Niki Lauda and Jim Clark, to name but a few.­ He's a digrace.

smashing little­ driver?????

hahahahhahahahahahahahahahah

yes he­ smashed a few cars, didn't he?

It would an utter disgrace if they hire Piquet jnr.­ Unbelievable they would even consider a driver who­ deliberatley crashes his car.

"Piquet will get another drive. He's a driver­ who does as he's told," said the Briton.­ "That's what any team boss would want. And­ they don't all do that."
(Quoted from Bernie­ E). Oh Bernie, yes I agree with you... that that's­ what any team boss wants... but not to tell it when you­ are sacked, hehehehe

I guess if crashing had won him a world championship­ he'd be forgiven by the fickle F1 fans that litter­ these pages with self-righteous holier than thou­ criticisms because an employee did as his boss­ requested.

While his actions were ethically­ uncompetitive and disgraceful, how does following the­ orders of his bosses make him any different to hundreds­ of millions of people worldwide who do things because­ their bosses requested it, even when they don't­ like it?

Like telling the little old recently widowed­ spinster that her house is about to be taken by the­ bank because she can't make her payments?

Or,­ rejecting the healthcare requests of someone with­ Pancreatic cancer because they smoke?

Or, turning down­ the life insurance policy to cover funeral costs after­ a single father finally couldn't cope and killed­ himself?

What he did was wrong, there is no doubt­ about it, but there are people that do worse - only­ less publicly.

Nooooo!!! Not­ Piquet-look-at-me-i-cannot-crive-and-crash-regularly-an­ d-then-complain-when-I-am-asked-to-crash-delibrately­ Jnr. Bring back Davidson, he is good, or Takima Sato­ the other Super-Aguri driver.
Hell, use my 3 year old­ son, he'll probably be better than Piquet...

YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE JOKING MANOR RACING WHY DON`T YOU­ SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT BEFORE YOU EVEN HAVE­ RACED.WHY DO YOU WANT A LIAR AND A CHEAT, IS PIQUET SNR­ PAYING YOU TO EMPLOY HIS LYING AND CHEATING­ SON..............................ASK THE PIT LANE­ PEOPLE WHAT THEY THINK

This has got to be a joke. It cant be serious that­ Piquet would be allowed back in F1. Drivers would­ surely boycott, rather than being on the same track­ with him.

John Booth, have you ever experienced your secrecy­ agreement has been compromised, how do you feel?

"...he's a smashing little driver," says­ Manor team boss John Booth

Ain't that the truth!­ lol.

F CK PKjnr he's served his purpose lol

hehehehe....so after all criticisms to Piquet from­ British readers, had to be a Brit who offered a job to­ one of the bad guys......if it wasnt for you guys, the­ world would be really boring, and now I am sure he will­ be a hero as he will be racing for a Brit team,­ hahahahahah......please do not change, you guys are­ unique.....

Who is the Team Principle of Manor GP, Mr McGoo, if­ Manor GP don't want to be successful in F1, why­ have they bothered entiring.