The Singapore paddock was fretting with talk of another scandal to come before the season is out and perhaps that is why few wanted to judge Renault and the "crash-gate" plotters too harshly.

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Earlier Thursday, a judge overturned the NFL's four-game suspension against Brady stemming from the infamous "deflate-gate" involving deflated footballs during this year's AFC championship game.

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