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Briatore: Formula 1 is now Playstation for engineers
The former Renault chief Flavio Briatore has ruled out returning to Formula 1 for now, as he believes the sport has distanced itself from fans by becoming too technical. Briatore was ousted amid the ‘crash-gate' scandal some years ago, but his ban was lifted and the French carmaker is now returning as a full works constructor. So why isn't Briatore also returning? 'I don't miss it. I miss the old formula one,' he told Arabian Business. The flamboyant Italian thinks that, if he had stayed in F1 beyond 2009, the sport would not have changed into its current, controversial guise. 'They (the FIA) weren't happy because we (Renault) were too powerful at the time. But with that power, I...
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