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Renault given suspended ban

• Flavio Briatore also banned from motor sport for life• Renault's breach is of 'unparalleled severity' says FIARenault have been given a two-year ban, suspended until 2011, from competing in Formula One for fixing last year's Singapore grand prix while Flavio Briatore, who resigned as the team's principal for his role in the affair, has effectively been banned from the sport for life.The World Motor Sport Council delivered its ruling following a meeting at the FIA's headquarters in Paris this morning. Nelson Piquet Jr – the driver at the centre of Crashgate – and Fernando Alonso, who subsequently went onto win in Singapore, were in attendance but have escaped punishment themselves. Piquet was never in danger of sanction as he provided evidence to the WMSC on the basis of immunity.Briatore, who resigned as Renault team principal last week for his part in the affair, has, though, been severely punished. The WMSC ruled today that anyone licenced with the FIA can never again work with the Italian. A similar sanction has also been imposed on Renault's former director of engineering Pat Symonds, who also resigned over Crashgate, although his ban only lasts for five years."We consider Renault's breaches to be of severity," read an WMSC statement. The full verdict of the panel can be read hereRenaultFlavio BriatoreFormula OneMotor sportOwen Gibsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds