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By Christopher Hayes on Sunday, July 20, 2008 Filed Under: F1 News While the critics were busy writing him off – and out of Formula One – Renault chief Pat Symonds remained steadfast: one good result and Nelson Piquet’s confidence would sky-rocket, along with his career. And so it was that the Brazilian came of age this afternoon at Hockenheim. In a bizarre German Grand Prix that was blown wide open by the deployment of the safety car mid-race, Piquet found himself leading a grand prix for the first time in his career, with only a handful of laps to go. The Renault driver was gifted the position after fuelling heavy for a long first stint, and pitting just before the safety car, leap-frogging the field as they peeled into the pit-lane. No one is under any allusions that luck played its part, but the manner in which the rookie... [read full story]
