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Renault are alleged to have “deliberately” caused Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash on lap 14, which brought out the Safety Car and helped his team-mate Fernando Alonso claim the win.

The allegations have made by Piquet Jr, who gave a statement to investigators, which was subsequently leaked to the media.

It is not yet known who leaked the information, however, it has caused great concern for FOTA who feel it could cause prejudice ahead of the hearing.

“FOTA today express concern at the leakage of information, which may or may not be relevant to the FIA current enquiry into the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix,” FOTA said in a statement.

“All parties to the dispute should have the right to a fair hearing carried out in private and not in the public arena, which is producing adverse publicity damaging to the corporate image and credibility of Formula 1.

“FOTA believes that differences within the sport should be handled in professional manner and condemns the habit of intentionally releasing confidential documents to influence public opinion. Confidential documents should remain under the control of the competent authority.”

FOTA, though, aren’t the only ones who are concerned by the leak.

“That is actually very unfortunate because it is just one side of the story,” FIA President Max Mosley told Autosport. “We are quite genuinely curious as to how that happened.

“Next time, when we send out to 20 or 30 people, we will probably arrange it in such a way that we can tell who is leaking stuff. We don’t know how it happened.”