News Details

Abiteboul: Blame it on Flavio Briatore

Eight years since he departed Formula 1 in disgrace, thanks to his role in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix crashgate scandal, the destructive hand of Flavio Briatore can apparently still be felt within the Renault team. When Renault returned to Formula 1 in 2001, with the purchase of the Benetton team, Briatore was made managing director and team principal. He presided over the team until his ignominious departure in 2009 and during that period he steered Fernando Alonso to two Formula 1 world titles in 2005 and 2006. Now over a decade since then, Renault F1 chief Cyril Abiteboul has pointed a finger at Briatore, blaming him for the woes that still afflict the French team...
Full Story »
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Massa: Happy with what I achieved in Formula 1

< ► > Prima vittoria di Massa in F1. Felipe Massa finally bid...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Top Stories of 2017, #7: Ecclestone ousted as F1 CEO

It was at the same time a foregone conclusion and something that many...
7y ago from Motorsport.com

Merry Christmas card Bernie Ecclestone style

Deposed Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone could not resist a swipe at...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Boullier: Alonso felt humiliated by Honda woes

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says Fernando Alonso felt 'sad,...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda exhibits 2025 MotoGP livery

Honda Racing Corporation is the latest team to exhibit its 2025 MotoGP...

Yamaha and Pramac display 2025 MotoGP liveries

On Friday, Yamaha and its satellite team, Pramac Racing, displayed its...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role

Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

PREMA completes first on-track IndyCar test session

PREMA Racing conducted its first on-track test session in IndyCar earlier...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘I don’t like corporate boxes’: Jeremy and Ben...

former Labour leader and his son reveal how football changed their...
28m ago from TheGuardian.com

No solution in sight for Arsenal’s stop-gap striker...

el Arteta’s men go into a crunch period lacking a killer instinct but...
28m ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.