Flavio Briatore, named conspirator in the Renault F1 “Crashgate” scandal, has had his name cleared (sort of) thanks to a French court ruling. The finding states that the FIA’s decision to give Briatore a lifetime ban contained “irregularites” and therefore it “ruled the sanction illegal”. The court also told the FIA they had no right to ban the Flav because he was not an FIA licence holder.
As you can imagine after hearing this news the funny looking man with a Playboy lifestyle was ready to hit the dancefloor saying, “I would like to express my great joy.”
Great, he can now rejoin his beloved Mark Webber in a pitlane embrace, then?
Not so fast Flavio, the FIA are still gunning for you. They say “the FIA intends to consider appropriate actions to ensure that no persons who would engage, or who have engaged, in such dangerous activities or acts of intentional cheating will be allowed to participate in Formula One in the future.” Guess what Flav, that means you!
But Flav has threats of his own and the Piquet family are in his sights. When asked directly if he would consider suing the Piquets Briatore answered, “That’s very likely,” before continuing, “The bad that has been done to me won’t be forgotten in one day.”
Not intent to settle with chasing the Nelsons, the Flav wants a piece of Mad Max Mosley too. No, not that sort of piece. You see the Flav reckons Max hates his guts and said the FIA ban was “was a case of vengeance from Mosley”.
Briatore went on to say “First Mosley tried to make me lose titles, first with Schumi then with Alonso, and then to destroy me with this story.”
Don’t you just love Formula One! This winter, or summer for us Australians, has clearly been the best silly season ever for the sport. Stay tuned for next dramatic episode of the F1 soap opera.
[Source: Telegraph.co.uk]