Briatore asks court to overturn ban from F1
Published 6:48 pm Monday, October 19, 2009
PARIS — Former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore will have a Nov. 24 hearing in an effort to overturn his Formula One ban.
A representative for Briatore said lawyers presented a motion to the court Monday. Briatore wants the court to annul last month’s decision by the World Motor Sport Council.
Briatore was indefinitely barred for arranging for driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help teammate Fernando Alonso win the race. Briatore on Sunday called the ban a “legal absurdity.”
Auto racing’s governing body and the Renault team declined to comment Monday on Briatore’s legal action.
Renault chief engineer Pat Symonds was suspended for five years because of the scandal. Alonso, a two-time world champion, is leaving to join Ferrari next season.
