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The Times
Sport in brief: Flavio Briatore may return
Former Renault principal could be back after 2012 | Wladimir Klitschko calls on David Haye to agree unification bout
Motor racing Formula One’s governing body has agreed a legal settlement that would allow Flavio Briatore, the banned former Renault team principal, and Pat Symonds, the former director of engineering, to return to the sport after 2012. “They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until December 31, 2012,” the FIA said in a statement yesterday.
Briatore was given a life ban last year for his involvement in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix “Crashgate” scandal, where Nelson Piquet Jr agreed to crash deliberately to help Fernando Alonso, his Renault team-mate at the time, win.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article7095735.ece
GUARDIAN
Flavio Briatore free to make F1 return in 2013 as FIA lifts life ban• Briatore can return to Formula One in January, 2013
• Pat Symonds has five-year ban cut by three years
Tweet this (9)James Callow guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 April
Flavio Briatore had been banned for life following his part in the 'Crashgate' scandal. Photograph: Oliver Multhaup/AP
Flavio Briatore will be allowed to return to Formula One in 2013 after the sport's governing body today agreed to end a lifetime ban against the former Renault team principal.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said a settlement had been reached to end legal proceedings against the Italian. Briatore and the former Renault head engineer, Pat Symonds, whose five-year ban was also cut, were barred in September for their involvement in the "Crashgate" plot to rig the 2008 Singapore grand prix.
The FIA said each man had recognised "his share of responsibility for the deliberate crash" in Singapore, expressed regrets and apologised. "They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until 31 December 2012, as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season," it said.
"They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of 5 January 2010, as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair."
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council banned them after deciding both had played a part in ordering the Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet to crash into a wall to bring out the safety car and help his then-team-mate, Fernando Alonso, win.
A French court overturned Briatore's ban in January and awarded him €15,000 [£13,000] rather than the €1m [£880,000] he had sought in damages. The FIA had vowed to appeal.
Briatore issued a statement in which he agreed "to bear his share of responsibility in the Singapore events in his capacity as managing director of the Renault F1 Team, at the time they happened, without any admission of a personal guilt in these events. No further comment will be made by Flavio Briatore, who wishes to put behind him this matter and focus on his plans for the future."
The FIA said it had in return agreed to abandon the appeal procedure and waive the right to bring any new proceedings against the pair in connection with the affair, without accepting criticism levelled against the Motor Sport Council for the original verdict.
The governing body said it had decided this was in the best interests of Formula One and the FIA to end a dispute prejudicial to the image of the sport.
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/apr/12/fia-lift-life-ban-flavio-briatore
AFP
Briatore will be able to retunr to F1 in 2013
PARIS — Flamboyant former Formula One boss Flavio Briatore celebrated his 60th birthday on Monday with the news that he will be able to return to the sport in 2013 after the world governing body The FIA decided to come to an agreement with the Italian.
The former Renault boss and then director of engineering Pat Symonds were originally banned for life last September by The FIA for their roles in masterminding the 'crashgate' scandal for allegedly ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
However, both men appealed the decision and in early January won their cases at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris which found that the FIA sanction was illegal.
The FIA under new chief Jean Todt decided to appeal that decision but on Monday they issued a statement declaring that the dispute was over.
"They (Briatore and Symonds) have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula 1 until 31 December 2012, as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season.
"They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of January 5 2010, as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair.
"In return, they have asked the FIA to abandon the ongoing appeal procedure, but without the FIA recognising the validity of the criticisms levelled against the WMSC's decision of September 21 2009, as well as to waive the right to bring any new proceedings against them on the subject of this affair."
Briatore won his case in January on the grounds that former FIA president, Max Mosley, who had presided over the hearing that banned him, had acted as prosecutor, judge and jury.
Briatore had also been seeking 1million euros in compensation but was awarded damages of 20,000 euros while Symonds was given 5,000 euros.
The scandal centred on driver Piquet junior's claims that the team had ordered him to crash deliberately at Singapore to enable teammate Fernando Alonso to go on and win.
Briatore has denied all the accusations levelled against him and vowed to fight to clear his name.
He said that the French court's decision "gives me back my dignity and the freedom which they arbitrarily tried to take away from me."
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j7qpxoWENzGW_JuC1hNvmlz2uKoA
Sport in brief: Flavio Briatore may return
Former Renault principal could be back after 2012 | Wladimir Klitschko calls on David Haye to agree unification bout
Motor racing Formula One’s governing body has agreed a legal settlement that would allow Flavio Briatore, the banned former Renault team principal, and Pat Symonds, the former director of engineering, to return to the sport after 2012. “They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until December 31, 2012,” the FIA said in a statement yesterday.
Briatore was given a life ban last year for his involvement in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix “Crashgate” scandal, where Nelson Piquet Jr agreed to crash deliberately to help Fernando Alonso, his Renault team-mate at the time, win.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article7095735.ece
GUARDIAN
Flavio Briatore free to make F1 return in 2013 as FIA lifts life ban• Briatore can return to Formula One in January, 2013
• Pat Symonds has five-year ban cut by three years
Tweet this (9)James Callow guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 April
Flavio Briatore had been banned for life following his part in the 'Crashgate' scandal. Photograph: Oliver Multhaup/AP
Flavio Briatore will be allowed to return to Formula One in 2013 after the sport's governing body today agreed to end a lifetime ban against the former Renault team principal.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said a settlement had been reached to end legal proceedings against the Italian. Briatore and the former Renault head engineer, Pat Symonds, whose five-year ban was also cut, were barred in September for their involvement in the "Crashgate" plot to rig the 2008 Singapore grand prix.
The FIA said each man had recognised "his share of responsibility for the deliberate crash" in Singapore, expressed regrets and apologised. "They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until 31 December 2012, as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season," it said.
"They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of 5 January 2010, as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair."
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council banned them after deciding both had played a part in ordering the Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet to crash into a wall to bring out the safety car and help his then-team-mate, Fernando Alonso, win.
A French court overturned Briatore's ban in January and awarded him €15,000 [£13,000] rather than the €1m [£880,000] he had sought in damages. The FIA had vowed to appeal.
Briatore issued a statement in which he agreed "to bear his share of responsibility in the Singapore events in his capacity as managing director of the Renault F1 Team, at the time they happened, without any admission of a personal guilt in these events. No further comment will be made by Flavio Briatore, who wishes to put behind him this matter and focus on his plans for the future."
The FIA said it had in return agreed to abandon the appeal procedure and waive the right to bring any new proceedings against the pair in connection with the affair, without accepting criticism levelled against the Motor Sport Council for the original verdict.
The governing body said it had decided this was in the best interests of Formula One and the FIA to end a dispute prejudicial to the image of the sport.
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/apr/12/fia-lift-life-ban-flavio-briatore
AFP
Briatore will be able to retunr to F1 in 2013
PARIS — Flamboyant former Formula One boss Flavio Briatore celebrated his 60th birthday on Monday with the news that he will be able to return to the sport in 2013 after the world governing body The FIA decided to come to an agreement with the Italian.
The former Renault boss and then director of engineering Pat Symonds were originally banned for life last September by The FIA for their roles in masterminding the 'crashgate' scandal for allegedly ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
However, both men appealed the decision and in early January won their cases at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris which found that the FIA sanction was illegal.
The FIA under new chief Jean Todt decided to appeal that decision but on Monday they issued a statement declaring that the dispute was over.
"They (Briatore and Symonds) have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula 1 until 31 December 2012, as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season.
"They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of January 5 2010, as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair.
"In return, they have asked the FIA to abandon the ongoing appeal procedure, but without the FIA recognising the validity of the criticisms levelled against the WMSC's decision of September 21 2009, as well as to waive the right to bring any new proceedings against them on the subject of this affair."
Briatore won his case in January on the grounds that former FIA president, Max Mosley, who had presided over the hearing that banned him, had acted as prosecutor, judge and jury.
Briatore had also been seeking 1million euros in compensation but was awarded damages of 20,000 euros while Symonds was given 5,000 euros.
The scandal centred on driver Piquet junior's claims that the team had ordered him to crash deliberately at Singapore to enable teammate Fernando Alonso to go on and win.
Briatore has denied all the accusations levelled against him and vowed to fight to clear his name.
He said that the French court's decision "gives me back my dignity and the freedom which they arbitrarily tried to take away from me."
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j7qpxoWENzGW_JuC1hNvmlz2uKoA