FIA Rule Stops Flavio Briatore From Being F1 Team Principal as Alpine Issue Statement - The Mirror

FIA rule stops Flavio Briatore from being F1 team principal as Alpine issue statement - The Mirror

It turns out Flavio Briatore cannot be Alpine team principal as far as the FIA are concerned, after the surprised news that previous boss Oliver Oakes had stepped away for personal reasons

He loves motorsport, models and doesn't always take it so exactly with rules. In Imola, Flavio Briatore celebrated his comeback as Formula 1 team leader. Although not quite official, as the FIA and Alpine had to clarify.

Flavio Briatore is back in Formula 1. As the team leader of Alpine, he leads himself as always: he replaces the team leader first, then the drivers. But what he really wants is power.

Flavio Briatore will not be the director of the Alpine F1 stable: the position returns to someone else. After the departure of Oliver Oakes, it seemed that Flavio Briatore was going to take over as director of the Alpine stable. The surprise departure of Oliver Oakes left vacant the position of director of the Alpine stable, and Flavio Briatore seemed ready to take over, at least officially. However, the Italian manager cannot hold this position…

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