Sorry if I'm wrong, but this section seems to give slightly the wrong impression:

He stated that Piquet had approached Symonds after qualifying to suggest the idea of a deliberate crash, and that the idea had been worked upon once Symonds mentioned it to Briatore.

Aren't I right in thinking that X had no independent knowledge of this, only what he or she had been told by Pat Symonds? So it would be more correct to say that X stated that Pat Symonds had told him that Piquet had approached Symonds after qualifying to suggest the idea of a deliberate crash, and that the idea had been worked upon once Symonds mentioned it to Briatore.

The article's version isn't wrong but it does give an impression that there is separate confirmation of Pat Symonds' version of the events, when it really is just Pat Symonds' version of events.

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