F1: Renault Sorry For ‘Unacceptable Behavior’

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F1: Renault Sorry For ‘Unacceptable Behavior’

Renault F1 president Bernard Rey has apologized for the team’s behavior...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted September 21, 2009 Paris, (FR)

Renault F1 president Bernard Rey has maintained a low public profile through the years. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Renault F1 president Bernard Rey has apologized for the team’s behavior.

Rey, who has kept a low profile over the years in his role as the car company’s main man within the F1 operation, gave a statement after the World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris Monday.

The team received a penalty of a suspended disqualification from the FIA World Championship that will be in place until 2011. The WMSC said that the decision not to contest the charges against it, and oust those responsible, was looked upon favorably by the FIA.

He said: “We are very sad to find ourselves in front of the Word Motor Sport Council today. By way of background, as a result of our own inquiries, we informed the FIA last week that we would not defend the charges and we accepted our responsibilities in relation to the incident in Singapore and we immediately took appropriate action inside the team.

“Today, we fully accept the decision of the Council. We apologize unreservedly to the F1 community in relation to this unacceptable behavior. We sincerely hope that we can soon put this matter behind us and focus constructively on the future. We will issue further information in the next few days.”

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