As far I am aware there is so far absolutely no evidence to go on but NP statement, conjecture and surmisess that he (NP) was asked to crash. Flav is my least liked person in F1 but even I can see someone is out to get him. For all I know, both NP's (particularly snr) could have come up with this to either to curry favour or 'sweeten' the then ongoing contract negotiations. This being case then PS may well be right that NP suggested it (how else is the team to know they are doing this to help).Regardless, all we have is NP's word against both Flav's and PS so, Islam.., I dont see how anyone can say 'Flav is the bad guy in all this'. Yes, if this was so, then either Flav and/or PS should have rebuked him and infact fired NP immediately. But we will now know if in fact they did or what their response was as they have both now resigned. All we are left with is NP's word. IMHO, whether there was request or not, I think both NP's are the bad guys in all this.More than 1 young driver would have succumbed to the dark side, not just PK... Flav is the bad guy in all this(regardless of how many people want to point fingers at Max), and Flav seems to be getting off eas.
During the last GP (Monza) some drivers were given some of the lastest leaked info and asked for their comments. Barrichello laughed and responded that "It seems someone is out to get Flavio", says it all doesnt it. I think it is sad the circumstances under which both these guys (PS and Flav) are departing but I hope it wont be the last we see of them (yes, I mean Flav as well, love him or loath him, he brought a lot F1).