Flavio Briatore has played down the prospect of a return to formula one.
The flamboyant Italian left the sport amid disgrace and the ‘crashgate’ scandal, but in the wake of his lifted ban he has been linked several times with a return.
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Tag Archive: F1 racing
Apr 29
Briatore plays down F1 return chances
Mar 11
Chilton denies wealthy father buying Marussia
Max Chilton has denied claims he has only made the grade as a formula one driver because his wealthy father is buying the Marussia team.
Chilton’s father Grahame, a leading executive of the insurance giant Aon, owns the Carlin team that Max drove for last year, and is also heavily involved in the touring car career of his other son, the six-years-older Tom.
Jan 24
Kubica on ‘slow’ road back to F1
Robert Kubica insists his dream to return to formula one is on track.
It has emerged that the former BMW and Renault driver will test Mercedes’ DTM car at Valencia this week. But Mercedes’ executive director and 30 per cent F1 team owner Toto Wolff insists that formula one is still a long way off for the veteran of 76 grands prix, who was almost killed in a rally ahead of the 2011 season.
Jul 19
Ultra-safe F1 ‘a shame’ – Moss
Sir Stirling Moss thinks it is “a shame” formula one is so safe today
“The concept, the whole idea, has changed,” the British legend, who started winning grands prix in the middle of the 50s, said on Austrian Servus TV. “That’s a shame, because we had fun risking life and limb and that’s gone now, really,” added Moss, 82.
Mar 02
Williams Grand Prix Holdings Board announcement
Claire Williams will join the Board
Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (Ticker: WGF1) today announced that Claire Williams will join the Board with effect from 1 April 2012 as Director of Marketing and Communications. The key marketing position at Williams has become available following the decision of Dominic Reilly to leave the Company at the end of March.
In the Singapore High Court, Formula One Licensing BV is asking for damages and an order for the drinks to be destroyed against Speed Drinks Pte, according to Bloomberg and the Straits Times. 
The eight FOTA teams decided to issue a statement announcing that a breakaway world championship will be formed. May 31
Button refutes title talk
2009 Formula 1 World Championship leader Jenson Button is still refusing to countenance lifting the drivers’ laurels at season’s end, despite having now triumphed in five of the opening six races of the campaign. 
When a UK-based F3 team announced its intention to apply to enter a budget-capped outfit next year. 
An indication that tension between Kimi Raikkonen and the Ferrari management is growing. 
If BMW-Sauber have not now decided to formally drop its protest against the legality of diffusers. 
As McLaren team boss after the recent Malaysian grand prix. 
Montreal officials say they are trying to get their race reinstated on the Formula 1 calendar from as early as 2010. 
Former Canadian grand prix promoter Normand Legault believes formula one teams should abandon the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone.