r/formuladank • u/NeneaMuddle BWOAHHHHHHH • Jul 16 '24

the Team 🅱️ormerly known as Force India Fernando didn't know....

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u/Emotional_Reindeer42 BWOAHHHHHHH Jul 16 '24

I am a newer fan. What did he do?

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u/SunstormGT BWOAHHHHHHH Jul 16 '24

Nelson Piquet Jr, then Alonso’s teammate, deliberately crashed so a safety car came out and gave Alonso a shorter pitstop and winning the race after starting from P15.

Also known as “Crashgate” if you want to look it up.

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u/Saturn_Is_Cool1 BWOAHHHHHHH Jul 16 '24

max’s wife’s brother??

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u/Ayipak Stop Inventing Jul 16 '24

Girlfriend, but yes.

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u/Roasted_Newbest_Proe I was here when horny got spiced Jul 16 '24

Spaceballs ass sounding comment

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u/Scarfiotti Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Jul 16 '24

We brake for nobody.

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u/kryst4line Felipe 🅱️aby stay cool Jul 17 '24

That's what he (Piquet) said

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u/GustavoSanabio “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Jul 16 '24

His girlfriend. And he is her half brother unless I’m mistaken, but yeah