Flavio Br🌞iatore is back in Formula 1 after joining A🐓lpine.

He has been confirmed as the new executiv🔯e advisor for the F1 team.

A stat🐠ement ahead of this weekend's F1 Spanish Grand Prix confirmed: "BWT Alpine F1 Team can confirm that Flavio Briatore has been appointed by Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo as his Executive Advisor for the Formula One Division."

The ex♈-Renault boss was dismissed from F1 14 years ago for his part in the𒈔 Crashgate controversy.

Briatore was initially banned for life by t🔯he FIA after the🐎 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate crash al𓃲lowed teammate Fernando Alonso to win in Singapore. The knock-on effect was to enable Lewis Hamilton to win his f⛎irst F1 title, which then-rival Felipe Massa now questions.

Briatore overturned his ♏lifetime ban from F1 in 2010.

He previously oversaw F1 titles for Michael Schumacher at Ben🍎etton and Alonso at Renault.

Briatore remains a part of Alo𓆉nso's personal management⭕.

His arr💎i💟val to Alpine comes at a time when the team is struggling on-track.

Significantly, ahead of the new F1 regulations in 2026, Briatore must﷽ help Alpine decide which direction to head in.

Finalising which engine to use - as a manuf𝕴acturer or a customer - is c๊rucial.