The Singapore paddock was fretting with talk of another scandal to come before the season is out and perhaps that is why few wanted to judge Renault and the "crash-gate" plotters too harshly.

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The 33-year-old won a TT double in 2008 but had to withdraw the following year after a crash at Keppel Gate.

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