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David Coultard says in Red Bull article: "From a driver's perspective, it is certainly technically possible. It's not hard to crash a car and if you hit the barriers side-on, as Nelson Piquet did in Singapore, then it would be fairly low impact and not too dangerous for him."

He goes on to say that he doesn't believe it - logic mainly based on the lack of radio contact. But in a world of codes - instruction could be by so many means I don't see that listening to radio communication will prove anything.

Piquet if he tells FIA that it was deliberate will never race again so it will be interesting to see how things develop.

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Webber breaks leg in bike crash nov 08

Webber, pictured, had been taking part in his own charity trekking event
Formula One driver Mark Webber has broken his leg after colliding head-on with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania.
The Australian, 32, who drives for the Red Bull racing team, was airlifted to hospital where he is being treated for a broken right leg and other injuries.
"He'll have a pin inserted in the leg and spend three days in hospital," said the event's director, Geoff Donohue.
The accident happened south-east of state capital Hobart on Saturday.

Mark's in good spirits. He's had really good treatment at the scene before being transferred to hospital
Geoff Donohue
Charity event director
Webber was taking part in the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, a 250km endurance event consisting of mountain bike riding, kayaking and trekking on the Australian island.
He was riding a bicycle along a road near historic Port Arthur when he collided with a four-wheel drive vehicle at 1240 local time.
"Mark's in good spirits," said Donohue. "Paramedics attached to the event attended to Mark very swiftly and he's had really good treatment at the scene before being transferred to hospital. It was a really unfortunate accident."

GM Plunges as Deutsche Says It May Become Worthless (Update4)
By Greg Bensinger and Sarah Thompson

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. plummeted to its lowest level in 59 years after a Deutsche Bank AG analyst downgraded the shares, saying they may be worthless in a year.

``Even if GM succeeds in averting a bankruptcy, we believe that the company's future path is likely to be bankruptcy- like,'' Deutsche Bank's Rod Lache wrote today in a note. The New York analyst recommended selling the shares and cut his 12-month price target to zero. He previously advised holding the stock.

The decline shows mounting pessimism that a turnaround will succeed at the largest U.S. automaker amid the credit crisis and the worst sales market in at least 15 years. GM is petitioning the U.S. government for aid after saying last week it may not have enough cash to operate this year. A bankruptcy typically wipes out the value of a company's shares.

Barclays Capital and Buckingham Research Group cut their price targets for GM to $1.

GM, based in Detroit, fell $1, or 23 percent, to $3.36 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, in its lowest close since June 17, 1949, according to Global Financial Data in Los Angeles. The shares have lost 86 percent of their value this year. Ford Motor Co. dropped 9 cents to $1.93.