Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman who is famous in the sporting world for managing Formula One racing teams and for co-owning Queens Park Rangers. Briatore had a fairly innocuous upbringing and business career until he became a friend and business partner with Luciano Benetton of Benetton clothing. The company’s rapid expansion in the U.S. and Briatore’s position as director of American Operations made him a wealthy man very quickly. Briatore was then made commercial director of the BenettonFormula One team before becoming managing director. His signing of Michael Schumacher from Jordan proved inspired and brought the team great success until Schumacher went to Ferrari in 1994. After purchasing several struggling race teams he became managing director of Renault in 2000, where he made yet another great find in Fernando Alonso. Briatore stayed at Renault until the recent scandal over an intentional crash at the Singapore GP led him to resign.
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Jim Magilton believes Queens Park Rangers' future is secure even if chairman Flavio Briatore loses his bid to overturn his life ban from motor racing... more
The Football League plan to wait on the outcome of Flavio Briatore's bid to overturn his lifetime ban from motor racing before taking any action themselves... more
Flavio Briatore has launched a legal challenge to his life ban from Formula One which, if successful, would almost certainly confirm his right to remain the owner of Queens Park Rangers... more
Queens Park Rangers fans were left sweating today as the Football League delayed making a decision over whether Flavio Briatore can continue as their co-owner... more
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Flavio Briatore claims he had been betrayed by Formula One over his lifetime ban from the sport and vows to hold a big party when he emerges victorious from the Crashgate scandal... more
Flavio Briatore may take legal action against motor sport’s governing body and his case has been backed by a member of the panel which banned him from Formula One... more
Nelson Piquet Snr is threatening to take Flavio Briatore to court in the hope of extricating his son from the deal in place with the disgraced Renault team boss... more
Renault have today launched legal proceedings against Nelson Piquet Junior and Nelson Piquet Senior in the latest twist to the 'crash-gate' scandal... more
Football: Queens Park Rangers chairman Flavio Briatore today called for a salary cap to be introduced as proposals emerged over a luxury tax designed to redistribute player wealth throughout football... more
Briatore initially came under criticism for his decision to replace Jensen Button with the unproven Fernando Alonso however he was eventually proved right.
Briatore created and owns the Billionaire brand, which has clothing and sportswear lines, as well as a nightclub.
Briatore is joint owner of QPR with Bernie Ecclestone and Lakshmi Mittal.
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