Brawn: F1 Teams Rejected My Design a Year Ago
6 Apr 2009, 10:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following a list of accusation from some F1 team principals concerning the use of a different rear diffuser design, Ross Brawn decided to break the silence. Flavio Briatore previously accused Brawn ...
Briatore Accuses Ross Brawn of Conflict of Interest
31 Mar 2009, 09:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Another episode of the diffuser saga consumed itself yesterday, after Renault's boss Flavio Briatore accused Ross Brawn of “not being fair” when keeping the different interpretation...
Alonso: Brawn GP Could Win All 17 Races
30 Mar 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso argued that, if FIA will clear the double-decker rear diffuser design used by Brawn GP as part of their 2009 aerodynamic package, the Brackley-based team can already consider themsel...
Alonso Agrees to 5M Euro Pay Cut
25 Mar 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is believed that the double world champion will have to submit to a pay cut of approximately 1/3 of his former salary ahead of the 2009 season. As announced by Renault's boss Flavio Briatore...
Renault and McLaren Threaten to Boycott Aussie GP
24 Mar 2009, 10:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault and McLaren Mercedes have threatened F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone with the boycott of the Australian Grand Prix. The reason? Unpaid debts to the teams coming from the 78-year old Englishman....
Briatore Hails FOTA's Win Over the FIA
23 Mar 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The latest decisions ratified by FIA's World Motor Sport Council last week did nothing but to create a gap between the international body and the Formula One Teams Association. Just when the tw...
Briatore Takes a Hit at FIA's Budget Cap
19 Mar 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Luca di Montezemolo, another representative of the Formula One Teams Association expressed his shock when hearing about the voluntary budget cap revealed by the World Motor Sport Council for 2...
Briatore: Several Teams Have Illegal Cars
11 Mar 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault are more than likely not going to copy Williams F1's rear diffuser design ahead of the Melbourne race, as announced by team principal Flavio Briatore. Well, maybe he didn't specifi...
Briatore: Name Will Not Help Piquet
3 Mar 2009, 10:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore warned his race driver Nelsinho Piquet that his name will not keep him in Formula 1 any longer. If he doesn't put some points on the scoreboard soon enough, the Brazilian driver...
ING Cut Sponsorship for Renault F1
26 Jan 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Williams-Toyota, another F1 team faces sponsorship troubles ahead of their 2009 campaign. Renault F1's leading sponsor, ING Group, has just announced it would cut no less than 7,000 jobs ...
Briatore Angry with Alonso-Ferrari Rumors
26 Jan 2009, 14:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso neither did nor will sign an agreement with Ferrari concerning a future move to the Scuderia in the near future. The words belong to Renault's boss Flavio Briatore, who insisted...
Briatore: BMW Are to Blame for Early KERS
20 Jan 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore blames BMW Sauber for not agreeing with the other constructors on the postponement of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System. The Renault boss insisted that using KERS this season is ill...