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Briatore ‘will never manage another team in Formula 1′

January 20, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events

Flavio Briatore has broken his silence following this month’s court victory overturning his lifetime ban from Formula 1, at least that is how the Daily Mirror is pitching its “exclusive” interview with the former Renault boss.

No arguing that the headline on the piece is dynamite.
Here is the F1-related highlight:
“It was a great victory for me [...]

FIA to appeal, issue SL’s to drivers

January 11, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, world motorsport’s governing body, has decided to appeal the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in overturning a lifetime ban from motorsport on Flavio Briatore.
The decision was tempered with the announcement that the FIA would not hamper drivers, currently managed by Briatore, from getting a Super License to compete [...]

Op/Ed: Briatore laughs last?

As we reported at F1B today, the first level of French court justice overturned the bans on defamed, former Renault team principle Flavio Briatore and ousted technical director Pat Symonds. The FIA had issued a ban for messrs. Briatore and Symonds for their involvement in the 2008 Singapore crash scandal.

Much has been made of [...]

Update: FIA ‘condems’ leak of Briatore info

November 12, 2009 by SJ Skid  
Filed under Prime & Option

We now know what it takes to get Jean Todt to speak: a little leaked court information.
The FIA today, following the Guardian’s getting a hold of some of Flavio Briatore’s court claims, released a short statement denying Flavio’s apparent claims and denouncing the leak:
The FIA condemns the selective leaking of extracts from Mr Briatore’s pleadings [...]

Briatore: Max was ‘blinded by desire for revenge’

November 12, 2009 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

It’s time to forget about all those empty 2010 seats and buckle up for the real off-season show: Briatore vs. Mosley.
The Guardian newspaper has managed to see some of the court documents from Flavio Briatore’s case against the FIA. In them, he alleges that Max Mosley was “clearly blinded by an excessive desire for personal [...]

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