Renault has announced that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have left the team, and that they will not dispute charges of race fixing.
It was the team, rather than the individuals, which were charged so the hearing will still go ahead, but Renault's guilty plea plus the removal of the individuals involved will no doubt go some way to reducing the sentence.
It remains to be seen whether Briatore and Symonds will be banned from international motor sport.
Rumour has it that ART GP2 team boss Frederic Vasseur will take over the team's reigns for the remainder of the season.
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