Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatoreis an Italian businessman. He started his career as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman in Italy. Briatore was convicted in Italy on several fraud charges in the 1980s, though the convictions were successively extinguished by an amnesty. Briatore set up a number of successful Benetton franchises as a fugitive in the Virgin Islands and the United States. In 1990, he was promoted by Luciano Benetton to manager of the Benetton Formula One racing team, which became Renault F1...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 April 1950
CityVerzuolo, Italy
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It would be great to have Valentino in F1, but he wouldn't have even a minimal chance of winning,
accidents catch difficult everybody fantastic flying focused great happen hard job needed perfect pushing saw stay stops strategy team until
This was a very difficult race, and Fernando has got another fantastic result. The whole team did a great job, with some perfect stops and the strategy was what we needed. Everybody did a great job today. Fisico was pushing hard and really flying when he crashed. I think he did a great job too, but sometimes accidents happen - as we saw with Montoya as well. Fernando did the job he needed to, and now I think it will be difficult for Raikkonen to catch him; but the constructors' championship is much closer, and we will stay focused on that until the end.
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This was a fantastic win for Fernando. He had a great car this afternoon and he controlled the race from start to finish. There were a lot of complicated situations to deal with and he did it brilliantly.
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The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs, ... I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.
playing racing
We were racing for a World Championship, we weren't playing around,
bmw certain f1 false french heard information major stay
I have heard what the French journalists have said and they need a new job. It is false information that they have disseminated everywhere. Renault want to stay in F1 but only under certain conditions, like the other major manufacturers Mercedes-Benz, Honda, BMW and Toyota. They all want to see the same conditions.
emotions formula happened needed thinking
I don't know what happened, the emotion. Like Fernando said before, he was thinking about what happened in 2005. I was thinking about what happened in my 15 years of Formula One. I think I needed some privacy,
became champion
Nigel Mansell became champion after he was 40.
conduct directly indirectly involved time
I was at no time directly or indirectly involved in the conduct of these negotiations.
car circuit control engine step
Monza is a better circuit for us and we have a big step in the car and engine when we go to Brazil. I think we control the situation, more or less.
Montoya to Renault - no, I don't see it happening.
formula moment sure
Let's put it this way: I am not even sure at the moment we will be in Formula One in 2008.
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I think so. The techniques of management are the same whether you run a clothing company or a football club. Management is the way you produce your product - your efficiency, your creativity, and the people you choose to make the dream come true. Now I stick to what I love for the moment - formula one. When I no longer have that love maybe I try football again.
dominate dream job race shown shows speed weekend
To come here this weekend and dominate the race shows we have done the job right this year. We have shown speed and reliability. This is a dream team.