He was a young driver in a team which clearly only cared for one driver, the only way to keep his F1 dream alive was to do as Flavio told him which he did but was stabbed in the back a year on, shows the character Briatore was in the team (along with what he did to Trulli when he was beating Alonso), Piquet was the victim in that whole affair.
Not to mention Briatore was his manager.
People aren't upset with Piquet about that. Given Briatore's reputation, his weakness in that moment can, at the very least, be understood. No, what people hate Piquet for is what he did next - when he continued to under-perform, he tried to blackmail Briatore into keeping his seat. He threatened to go to the FIA unless Briatore kept him on-board. And Briatore agreed, at least to begin with. But when Piquet was inevitably dropped and replaced by Grosjean, Piquet made good on the threat and went to the FIA. He wasn't blowing the whistle to expose corruption or malpractice in the sport - he would have kept his mouth shut if Briatore had bowed to the pressure he tried to apply.
Trust me, when you're stood right next to them, they don't sound that bad.
Sarrazin was spectacular where I was. I was at the 6/7 chicane, which was flat out, and the drivers were really smashing the second kerb. Throughout every session, Sarrazin was always the driver who made the loudest crunching noise.
So you must have heard Sarrazin crunching through the corner worst on every lap.
Vergne took it out and Sarrazin flicked it to the side. The first bollard was off line anyway, Piquet was the only driver who would have hit it after they removed it when he slid through the corner on Sunday's qualifying.
