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Briatore: Formula 1 needs change fast

Formula 1 needs to implement a fast overhaul to make it more exciting or there is a serious risk of fans turning away, reckons former team boss Flavio Briatore. Ahead of a crunch Strategy Group meeting at Biggin Hill on Thursday to discuss an F1 revamp, Briatore believes that the sport cannot afford to carry on as it is. "Formula 1 needs change because at this moment it is not the F1 we know," Briatore told Motorsport.com. "We just need a race. F1 is about the race and at the moment it is not a real race as we know. It is now about saving fuel, saving tyres. It needs to be changed and fast too." Briatore bemoaned the current emphasis on preservation of the car and its...
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