Flavio Briatore has confirmed that he will now sue the FIA over his lifetime ban from F1 which he received earlier this season. As you probably remember, Briatore was implicated as part of the Renault “Crashgate” episode where he was deemed to be one of the main culprits behind the plan for his driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash his car during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Briatore received a lifetime ban from the sport, this with Pat Symonds who received a 5 year ban, and Piquet Jr (you know, the guy that crashed the car) receiving immunity. Briatore said:
“The FIA has been used as a tool to exact vengeance on one man”
As such, he has now taken the FIA to the french courts in order to “resolve the matter justly and impartially”.
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