on Friday that Flavio Briatore will serve as an executive advisor for the struggling outfit. Briatore led to multiple championships as team principal before resigning in 2009 for his involvement in the worst race-fixing scandal in the sport’s history. You know what they say about desperate times.
currently sits eighth in the ten-team World Constructors’ Championship, a concerning position for a factory team. Four of the team’s five points were only scored in the last two races. Rumors swirled that the team was for sale.
While Alpine bluntly denies those claims, the team is in talks with other engine manufacturers about becoming a customer for the 2026 season and shuttering its own power unit department. Alpine views Briatore as an experienced mind who can help the team out of According to team principal Bruno Famin said in press conference: “I don’t really mind about the past, I’m always looking about the future, in trying what we can to get our team better,” Famin told media including PlanetF1.com “That’s really our goal and what I see with having Flavio as an advisor of the team is the opportunity to have his experience to help us.
He has a very high-level knowledge of Formula 1, he knows a lot of people. I’m sure he will support us in developing the team faster and better.” Briatore’s past is important to know in this case.
During the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. intentionally crashed his car to cause a safety car peri.
