I see Renault have confirmed the fire was due to a cracked exhaust which they think occurred before the race and that the crack was up-stream of their sensors hence why it went un-noticed. What they haven't explained is why the Renault exploded. A number of theories including KERS batteries. My personal theory is that the Renault has a US Military style self-destruct mechanism designed to destroy sensitive technologies on the car in the event it stops out on the track to stop the technologies falling into rivals' hands. I bet that's something Flavio would have come up with before he was banned!





What a joke, as I saw another poster put it over on the Autosport forums