Piquet: Flav doesn't know s*** about F1

Don't expect to see Nelson Piquet Jr at the next race, be it Valencia or Spa for Renault, after he launched a scathing attack on his team boss Flavio Briatore.

With rumours of Piquet's pending sacking for underwhelming performances already making headlines, his future was thrown into even more doubt when Briatore revealed he was not happy with the Brazilian's results in his second season in F1.

"I've always been fair with my drivers," Briatore said. "I expected more from Piquet because this is his second year with a full-time drive. He's done less testing compared to Alonso, but Webber as well tested less than Vettel because of his broken leg, but look where he is now.

"When a driver lacks results, he opens the book of excuses and begins: the fault is the weather's, a spectator's sunglasses, a spin on the straight, this and that...

"It's not true that there's a technical difference of seven tenths between Alonso's and Piquet's car. If that was true, we'd have a car capable of winning the title, and that unfortunately isn't the case. The technical difference has always been minimal and never longer than one race."

But rather than take the criticism on the chin, Piquet has come out swinging - and in doing so has probably signed his P45

"Flavio is a business man, but he doesn't understand s*** about F1," Piquet told Autosprint magazine. "He's my manager, but in his role of team boss he doesn't respect me.

"He only thinks about money, at how much money he can pocket in everything he's involved, he's a man with no friends. Every day everyone asks me what's going on, so why should I always keep quiet?

"Webber has been in F1 since 2001, he started in a different era, when testing wasn't limited. He's probably done more than 20,000 kms in testing, so it's not a fair comparison. Now the situation is more difficult for a driver with little experience.

"And besides that, I have to fight against Briatore and Alonso himself, who is a fantastic driver. When I wasn't competitive in qualifying, I was the first owing up to it. But if Briatore doesn't understand that, what can I do?"

Piquet: Flav doesn't know s*** about F1 - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

hehe go piquet

he he,,,,a guy who made Schumi & Alonso win back to back titles doesnt know anything abt F1,aint it????