Briatore ‘will never manage another team in Formula 1′

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 [...]

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FIA to appeal, issue SL’s to drivers

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 [...]

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RD1 on Thanksgiving.

Good day everyone. Since this week is one of the greatest holidays ever invented in the Unites States, you still get a column but its going to be a little shorter and perhaps a little more thought provoking. Instead of the ususal bit of text I call insightful, I’m going to present a couple of [...]

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Briatore: Max was ‘blinded by desire for revenge’

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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Ecclestone: ‘it will pi*s off Renault’

F1 commercial right boss Bernard Ecclestone says he is worried that the current investigation could anger Renault and they would follow Honda in leaving the sport. This according to the story at the Independent today.
“This is not the sort of thing we need at the moment,” Ecclestone said. “I think it will piss off [...]

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