Johnny Herbert criticises Flavio Briatore’s Alpine role: ‘Not the right thing’
🥂“He’s now head of the Alpine team and running it. And those decisions have been made, as I said, don’t agree. I don’t think it’s the right thing, he’s back.
Johnny Herbert disagrees with Flavio Briatore’s return to F1 as Alpine♊’s executive advisor, with the Italian no𝔉w effectively running the team.
Followiཧng Oliv෴er Oakes’ departure after the Miami Grand Prix, Alpine have no official team principal.
However, Briatore has b🍌een instrumental in several key Alpine decisions over the past 12 months.
The 75-year-old pushed for Alpine to abandon thei⛄🍸r engine project for 2026 and become a Mercedes customer team.
Briatore had been vocal about signing168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Franco Colapinto at the start of the year.
Colapinto replaced 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onwards.
Briatore’s return last year was wi♐dely criticised.
, Herbert criticised Briatore’s return and how his decisions could mentally damage a driver’s career.“I didn’t agree when Flavio Briatore came back, and I still don’t agree that he’s back; ⛄bu🍌t he is back and he’s in the battle,” Herbert said.
“He’s now head of the Alpine team and running it. And those decisions have been made, as I said, don’t agree. I don’t think it’s the right thinꩵg, he’s back.
“If Briatore is someone who gets Sergio Perez at Alpine and Perez does a good job and then Flavio gets on his side, he’d be in ♛a very strong position. If it doesn’t go well, you’ll have exactly what’s happened with Jack Doohan.
“That is always going to be part of what Flavio does. He will always choꦆose one.
“He’s one who has always done that and that’s where🌺ꦏ it can be very damaging for the driver’s career but also justmentally.”
Why was Briatore banned from F1?
Briatore was found guilty of race fixing🔥 at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Nelson Piquet Jr. crasꦏhed deliberate🦄ly in Singapore, resulting in a Safety Car.
This effectively allowed Fernando Alonso t꧅o win the race.
Allegations emerged after Renault sa🔥cked Piquet Jr. in the middle of🌜 2009.
Briatore and Pat Symonds were forced to leave the team ahead of the 2009 Singapore GP and w🍸ere charged with conspiracy and race rigging.
The team itself were handed a disqualification from F1𒁃, which wa🎀s suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements.
Briatore was banned from a🦂ll FIA-sanctioned events for life, while Symonds was banned for five years.
Symonds returned to F1 with Williams several years 🔴later.
Briatore has remained around 💃the F1 paddock in recent years, ultimately returning as Alpine’s executive advisor.
With a sharp eye for F1’s𝔍 controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartbeat of our unbiased reporting.
