Flavio Briatore reveals F1 decision that ‘unleashed the fury of the British press’

Fl🧔avio Briatore recalls a controversꦿial decision which prompted outrage in Britain

Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore

Fl𒉰avio Briatore has named the decision he made to “unleash the fury” of the media in Bri🔯tain.

The Formula 1 mogul has never been far away from contentioꦿus decision-making during his decades in the sport.

From his iဣnvolvement in the Crashgate sca♐ndal to his recent arrival at Alpine, Briatore’s reputation for ruthless calls is well earned.

Briatore was asked by Italian newspaper Corriere t💟o name the mis💞take which taught him the most.

“Mistakes are inevitable,” he responded.

“If you’re doing thinꦛgs, you’re goꦺing to make them. The key is to quickly adjust your course as soon as you realise it, without letting your pride keep you stuck on the wrong track.”

He was asked if that philosophy explained his decision♔ to remove Jack Doohan from the Alpine and throw in Franco Colapinto.

“Exa🎃ctly. That’s a good exam༺ple,” Briatore answered.

“Even in the past, I decided to put a very young 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso in the driver’s seat — back then he was just a test driver — instead of the more experienced 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jenson Button.

“That decision unleashed the fury of the British press. But in the end, I was riꦬght.

“A manager is always alone when making big deไcisions.🏅 Then, over time, others come around.”

Flavio Briatore and Jenson Button clashed after parting ways

Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore

The highly promising Button was ditched from Renault in 2003, after his first three seasons in F1.

That decision gave a chance to the young and🌳 unproven Alonso whose only time in F1 so far was a forgettable start with Minardi.

Briatore held a longstanding relationship with Alonso will he surely leaned on when deciding to replace Butt🅺on.

But the decision did work out. Two years later, Alonso w♛on back-to-back F1 drivers’ titles with Renault.

They remain his only tw🍒o F1 championships to this day.

It took Button a bit longer to find 𝓀success. After a period with Honda, he switched to Brawn which immediately paid dividends.

Button won the 2009 drivers’ titl❀e with Brawn, the sole F1 title of his career. But he clashed ജwith Briatore again during his title-winning year.

Briatore compared Button to a concrete post and suggested that Brawn’s pace only came from a controversialꦕ (but legal) rear diffuser.

"He is obviously a very angry man ­after the diffuser issues and he is obviously very disappointed that they📖 haven't produced a car that is as competitive as ours," said Button at the time.

"We have produced a very competitive car because of the work force we have back at Brackley and you cannot take it away from them – it is very unfair to say thatꦕ.

"They have worked very, very hard in very difficult circumstances🐓 and it's very unfair for Flavio to comment as he has, just because he is a little bit bitter. He should also not forget he tried to ꦇemploy me for this season."

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