{"id":4399,"date":"2010-04-13T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2010-04-13T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:27:35","slug":"briatore-to-return-to-f1-in-2013-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/briatore-to-return-to-f1-in-2013-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Briatore to return to F1 in 2013 &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The events of Flavio Briatore&#8217;s 60th birthday on Monday means the ousted former Renault boss is coming back to formula one, Italian media said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will start immediately behind the scenes,&#8221; said La Gazzetta dello Sport, tipping a role for Briatore alongside F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA said on Monday it had reached a settlement with Italian Briatore and crashgate co-conspirator Pat Symonds, where the pair&#8217;s motor sport bans would apply only until the end of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, F1&#8217;s governing body wanted Briatore to be banned for life, while Briton Symonds would have been eligible to re-enter the sport in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Part of a statement issued by Briatore&#8217;s lawyers confirmed: &#8220;(He) informed the FIA of his intention not to undertake any operational role in formula one before the end of 2012.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Italian told Sky Sport 24 last week: &#8220;I will never come back to formula one as team manager, but perhaps (I will return) after 2012 in another role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Blogs Editor for the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday said Briatore returning to F1 will be &#8220;a dark day&#8221; for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talk about a fudge &#8230; it is a most unsatisfactory conclusion to one of F1&#8217;s most unedifying spectacles,&#8221; wrote Mike Norrish.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The events of Flavio Briatore&#8217;s 60th birthday on Monday means the ousted former Renault boss is coming back to formula one, Italian media said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,5262,5300,252,5261,5340,276],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4401,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/4401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}