Why has one of F1's most controversial figures returned to Alpine?
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In the run-up to the Spanish Grand Prix, Alpine confirmed it had hired former Benetton and Renault Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore as an executive advisor. Briatore ran the Enstone team for two spells under different guises, leading them to several titles along the way, but he exited amid scandal following the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix race-fixing incident. So why is he back now? And what does it mean for Alpine in the long- and short-term? Answering those questions are Edd Straw, Scott Mitchell-Malm and 'Team Enstone' specialist Damien Smith, author of the recent book 'Benetton: Rebels of Formula 1'.
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| 1:22.7 | The race is on, and the extraordinary story of Renault's F1 team took another remarkable turn recently |
| 1:31.2 | with the appointment of Flavio Briozori's executive advisor. |
| 1:34.9 | But what does his comeback mean, and what does it say about the future and culture of the team? |
| 1:40.6 | I'm Edstraw, and joining me for another of our regular visits to the Mad World of Alpine F1 are Scott Mitchell Malm and Damien Smith. Well, welcome back Damien. Obviously, as this was an Endstone-focused podcast, we had to activate our Alpine bat signal to summon the author of the book, Benetton Rebels of F1, given your expertise in the team and Flavio Beret So are you feeling a bit typecast now? |
| 2:02.8 | Just a little. I'm obviously a one-trick pony as far as you're concerned, Ed. I only ever get invited to talk to you when it comes to this subject. But that's fine. You know, I've got to be useful for something, I suppose. Exactly, exactly. And they're a subject that does keep giving, aren't they? So it's certainly |
| 2:19.7 | always been a story team. So that's no bad thing. No, it is, as you say, one thing after another |
| 2:25.5 | with this team, isn't it? Especially at the moment. Yeah, it's never quiet. That's certainly the case. |
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