Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatoreis an Italian businessman. He started his career as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman in Italy. Briatore was convicted in Italy on several fraud charges in the 1980s, though the convictions were successively extinguished by an amnesty. Briatore set up a number of successful Benetton franchises as a fugitive in the Virgin Islands and the United States. In 1990, he was promoted by Luciano Benetton to manager of the Benetton Formula One racing team, which became Renault F1...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 April 1950
CityVerzuolo, Italy
So when Fernando got alongside him, he didn't fight his team mate. It is not about team orders, it is about working as a team.
I was at no time directly or indirectly involved in the conduct of these negotiations.
It would be great to have Valentino in F1, but he wouldn't have even a minimal chance of winning,
The relationship between us and Giancarlo is fantastic,
He is incredibly cool. Not emotional, no mistakes, always thinking. I always believed the brain is important in any business, including driving the car.
I have read in the French press that Renault is going to leave Formula One. These journalists need new jobs - they had false information which they disseminated everywhere. Renault want to stay in Formula One under certain conditions which is the same as Mercedes, BMW, Honda and Toyota. Five us want certain conditions.
This was a fantastic win for Fernando. He had a great car this afternoon and he controlled the race from start to finish. There were a lot of complicated situations to deal with and he did it brilliantly.
This was a very difficult race, and Fernando has got another fantastic result. The whole team did a great job, with some perfect stops and the strategy was what we needed. Everybody did a great job today. Fisico was pushing hard and really flying when he crashed. I think he did a great job too, but sometimes accidents happen - as we saw with Montoya as well. Fernando did the job he needed to, and now I think it will be difficult for Raikkonen to catch him; but the constructors' championship is much closer, and we will stay focused on that until the end.
We were racing for a World Championship, we weren't playing around,
The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs, ... I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.
We have spectators walk away from television. In the meantime, we have less spectators in the grandstands.
To come here this weekend and dominate the race shows we have done the job right this year. We have shown speed and reliability. This is a dream team.
The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs. I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.
The deal has been on the table for the last three or four weeks. It depends when the manufacturers want to sign.