Jun.2 (GMM) Flavio Briatore has hinted that F1 legend Michael Schumacher’s days at the moment are restricted to “mendacity on a mattress”.
Just a few days in the past, Briatore – who was boss at Benetton (later Renault and Alpine) when Schumacher received his first two titles again to again – admitted that he had intentionally not tried to go to the seven time world champion since his mind accidents.
“If I shut my eyes,” he now expands in dialog with Corriere della Sera, “I see him smiling after a victory.
“I desire to recollect him like that quite than him simply mendacity on a mattress. Corinna and I discuss usually, although.”
Briatore, now 75, returned to Formulation 1 final yr as Alpine’s govt advisor. As a result of he’s not instantly employed by the staff or Renault, nevertheless, he’s not formally staff boss – though he appeared as ‘staff consultant’ within the FIA press convention in Barcelona final Friday.
The Italian was absent from the paddock for years amid a lifelong ban for orchestrating Nelson Piquet junior’s deliberate Singapore GP crash in 2008 that enabled Fernando Alonso to win the race.
“I’ve to say thanks to Stefano Domenicali, who allowed me to return to Formulation 1,” Briatore advised the Italian newspaper.
Corriere della Sera requested Briatore if Schumacher or Alonso will be thought of the best F1 driver of all time.
“I don’t know who the best is, as a result of we’ve had Schumacher, Senna, Alonso,” he answered. “Now, the primary is unquestionably (Max) Verstappen.
“I’ve two automobiles at Alpine, so I want to have two Verstappens.”
