Paris - The Formula 1 loses another dazzling face. Flavio Briatore (59) is no longer team boss of Renault! On Wednesday, the Italians withdrew.
In addition, the team announced: The Crash of ex-Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. at the Grand Prix of Singapore 2008 was actually agreed. Express had reported on Wednesday about the prospective Briatore-resignation. Suddenly, everything happened very quickly.
"We will not contest the allegations made by the FIA regarding the recent Singapore Grand Prix. We also wish to announce that team boss Flavio Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds has left the team, "it said in a statement from Renault.
States: Renault ordered last year to build Piquet Jr. in an accident on purpose to help team-mate Fernando Alonso to victory. Briatore came with the confession of his punishment before the body FIA before. Renault now threatens the immediate World Cup exclusion and a juicy fine.
With the Off by Briatore, who was since 2000 when Renault and Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006 had led to the World Cup title, ending one of the most colorful careers in Formula 1 Playboy once had a record world champion Michael Schumacher in the Benetton team in 1994 and 1995 led to the first two World Cup titles. Even then, there were numerous scandals Briatore, the team, Schumacher was from some "cheat-called Schumi".
Playboy Briatore, amused himself with, among others supermodels Naomi Campbell and Heidi Klum had an apparently simple recipe for success: Quick decisions, cool appearance. Now he has stumbled and whether he can stand up again or permanently withdraws his bachelor feudal estate in Kenya is in the Sternen.Als possible successor to Alain Prost, David Richards and former BAR team boss Craig Pollock traded.
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