Fisichella enjoyed a lengthy career in F1, starting witღh Minardi in 1996 before racing with Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault and Force India.

His best chance with a top team came with Renault alongside168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006.

At the time, the team was run by Flavio Briatore, with Renault ta🌜king the constructors’ championship in those two years.

Reflecting on his time with Briatore, Fisichella admitted he had a good relationship with the Ita🉐lian despite being the ꩲde facto “number two” driver at the team.

“He always got r💎esults in everything he did," he told . "But he didn't forgive anyone: one mistake and you were out.

"He was and is Fernando's manager... But he loved me. There's always a "number one" and a "number two" driver, but at Renault it was acceptable and I've always 🎃gotten along well with Alonso: two hours before the GPs we played scopone together with Briatore.”

Fisich🐲ella spent three years at Jorda🔜n, winning the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix for them.

Famously, Fisichella 𒀰was forced to take ♔legal action against owner Eddie Jordan.

“Because F1 is a world of sharks an⛦d Eddie too… gets away with it. It was important to me, but he didn't perform well. I signed for him, but then he told me he had sponsor prob🗹lems: the contract was changed, however, and I had to sue him to get the money.

Reflecting on his relationship with former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone: “I have a discreet relationship with him, even withoutℱ a great feeling: it may be that he helped me, but... without knowing it. His best gift? Knowing how to act i🥃n the shadows.”

His final F1 team boss (for a ful♋l season at least🔴) was Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya.

Mallya’s airline - K🔴ingfisher Airlines - went bankrupt during h🌳is time in F1.

“He travelled in a private plane; he had the Indian Empress, a 97-metre yacht; he owned football and cricket tea🧸ms; he was the producer of Kingfisher beer, a name he also gave to a then bankrupt airline, the first Indian to have ordered the A380," he concluded.

“I know that they took away his passport: yes, he did some damag🐼e.”