Arriving at the track on Thursday for the start of the Singapore weekend, there was no sign of anything untoward down at the Renault garage. As is the way of Formula One, teams always seem to ride out any storms of a political or scandalous nature without too much trouble. Of course, there was no sign of Messrs Briatore and Symonds, but all the other signs seemed normal. Until Friday morning that is, when any sign of Renault’s title sponsor, banking company ING, had been carefully removed, from the hospitality area, the garage walls, the cars and the drivers’ overalls.

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