Briatore Insists Ferrari Should Relax before FIA Verdict
27 Jul 2010, 09:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former Renault team manager Flavio Briatore, who is also championing Fernando Alonso currently, suggested that Ferrari should sit back and relax before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting i...
Symonds Allowed to Resume F1 Consultancy Role Right Away
14 Apr 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After we have read the FIA statement last week, some conclusions on the crash-gate came to our minds. First of all, neither Flavio Briatore nor Pat Symonds will work in Formula One until at least 20...
Todt Insists Briatore Is Still Guilty
9 Feb 2010, 08:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While Flavio Briatore insisted that he holds nothing against the FIA or its new president Jean Todt for the penalty he received after the crash-gate, the former Ferrari boss that now runs business w...
Briatore to Sue Piquets after Winning Case Against the FIA
6 Jan 2010, 11:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Now that “justice has been done” by the French court in the famous crash-gate – although the judges did not issue any verdict on Flavio Briatore's innocence or guilt in the ra...
Ecclestone Welcomes Briatore Back into F1
6 Jan 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone is the first man to welcome his friend and business partner Flavio Briatore back into the sport of Formula One, after the Paris' Tribunal de Grande Instance ruled the lifetime...
Schumacher Receives Positive Verdict from Doctors
21 Dec 2009, 08:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher is currently enjoying his Christmas holidays skiing in the French Alps with his family. That's a fact. Back in Germany (and the UK) however, the media has more material on th...
Briatore Reveals Intriguing Facts about Crash-Gate Verdict
19 Dec 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore will not back down from his attempt to show the world that it wasn’t the International Automobile Federation (FIA) that gave him a lifetime penalty away from all motor racing a...
Ecclestone Hinted that Briatore Might Return to F1
8 Oct 2009, 07:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone did not dismiss the possibility of one day seeing Flavio Briatore back in the Formula One paddock. While insisting that giving his good friend and business associate an F1 pass now...
Italian Media Slams Conspiracy Against Briatore
23 Sep 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After several figures inside Formula One racing have expressed their pros and cons regarding the verdicts issued by the World Motor Sport Council on the crash gate, it's now the media's tu...
Renault Confirm F1 Future in FIA Letter
23 Sep 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault have arguably received the lightest penalty one could have decided upon, if we are to consider the serious race-fixing charges undisputed by the French manufacturer to the FIA. Nevertheless,...
Ecclestone Plays Down Briatore's Reviving the Breakaway Series
23 Sep 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Flavio Briatore has been thrown out of all FIA-sanctioned competitions for life following his role in the Renault race fixing scandal, there are plenty of people that are convinced the 59-y...
Symonds Fixed Race Out of Misguided Devotion to Renault
23 Sep 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One of the multitude of documents on which the World Motor Sport Council based their verdict in the crash-gate was unveiled yesterday evening, together with the full Renault dossier. It has to do wi...
Briatore's Lifetime Ban Caused by the Testimony of Witness X
23 Sep 2009, 07:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With a few days remaining to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting in Paris on Monday, Flavio Briatore was not in any danger of being handed such a harsh penalty in the crash gate. According ...
Briatore to Sue FIA over Crash-Gate Verdict?
22 Sep 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the verdict issued by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on the Renault affair, there are several questions that have arisen inside the Great Circle. Why did the French manufacturer get ...
Symonds Handed Lighter Ban for Expressing "Eternal Regret"
22 Sep 2009, 07:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although it was initially believed Pat Symonds will be granted immunity if he'll come forward in the crash-gate, the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) decided to ban him from all motor sport act...
Hill: "Crash-Gate Verdict is All Bernie's Game"
22 Sep 2009, 06:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Damon Hill has never been a fan of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, and he sure doesn't plan to become one in the future. Having raced and watched F1 racing for almost 2 decades, the preside...
Mosley Hails Right Verdict in Crash-Gate
22 Sep 2009, 06:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although most of the voices in the Formula One paddock seem to agree that Renault got off easy with their 2-year suspended ban as a result of their involvement in the crash-gate, (still) FIA preside...
Piquet Admits He Has to Start from Zero, Doesn't Expect Forgiveness
21 Sep 2009, 13:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although forgiven by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for his involvement in the Renault affair – as a result of the immunity provided by the ruling body in order to come clean ab...
Renault Accept FIA Verdict on Crash-Gate
21 Sep 2009, 13:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Considering that they have been involved in arguably the worst race-fixing scandal in the history of the sport – basically the ultimate form of cheating in Formula One – Renault could ea...
Renault Given 2-Year Suspended Ban, Briatore Ousted for Life
21 Sep 2009, 12:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The World Motor Sport Council has finally unveiled their verdict for Renault's crash gate. After discussions that lasted for only 90 minutes - Flavio Briatore did not attend the meeting, only F...