Flavio Briatore linked with sensational F1 return with Alpine as he targets Adrian Newey
Could Flavio Briatore be🌸 set to make a return to F1 with Alpine?
Flavio Briatore is reportedly set to make a sensational return to F1 with Alpine.
According to Italian publication , Briatore has been targeted by Renault CEO Luca di Mao to help turn the te🐻am around.
The report suggests that Briatore will be drafted in to support the organisation as a “special supervisor”, with🧸 the role not requir🔴ing constant involvement in on-track affairs.
He is reportedly targeting Adrian Newey𝓡 as part of a m🅘ajor recruitment on the technical side for the team.
Briatore hasn’t been officially involved with an F1 tea𒅌m since 2009, when he stepped down as Renault team prinꦫcipal following the Crashgate scandal.
The Italian is currently the manager of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and has often been seen att🔜ending races over the years.
Briatore has a rich history in F1 - and the Enstone-based team, leading Benetton to title success with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher in the 1990s.
He t💞hen led Renault with Alo🥃nso to back-to-back title success with alonso in 2005 and 2006
His time🥂 in F1 ended following the fall-out around Crashgate when Nelson Piquet Jr. - Renault’s second driver at the time - crashed out deliberately at the 2008 Singapore G💯rand Prix to bring out the Safety Car.
The Brazilian’s actions allowed Alonso to inherit t𝓡he lead of the race before taking Renault꧂’s first win of the year.
A year later, Briatore was kicked out of🤡 the sport for his involvement in the scandal, and was handed a l🌟ifetime ban.
This was overturned meaning he’s been free to work in F1 for the last de⛦cade.
Alpine have endur🅺ed a miserable start to the 2024 F1 season.
They have scored just t♕wo points in the openi🔜ng eight rounds, leaving them ninth in the constructors’ championship.
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