Briatore on Brawn drivers & credibility *merged*

he has a point brawn was payed a lot of money from honda that the other teams did not know about at the time they offered to support brawn
http://www.oncars.com/news-blogs/sto...kin,-Literally

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Honda Motor Company slipped out of Formula 1 this week, selling its factory team to Ross Brawn, who had been the Honda F1 Racing team principal. The deal cost the company some $200mUS, including fixed assets (leased land, buildings and equipment), a year's salary for the 700 staffers, plus the writing off of the debts owed Honda Motor Co. by the British-based racing team.

In addition, Honda paid Brawn GP the amount of money it would have had to pay Brawn and lead driver Jenson Button to cancel their contracts, both held by the automaker. (A further $0 has been deposited with Brawn GP to pay back television revenues owed Honda F1 by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management.)

This deal has been long in the making, perhaps because Honda was aware that one of Brawn's primary backers might be Australian Internet gaming outfit Bwin Interactive Entertainment. Internet gaming is not legal in every country where F1 races.

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the other side
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2382565.ece

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But Button, who was dumped by Briatore in 2001 after one season with Benetton, revealed his ex-boss tried to SIGN him for this year.

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Never had much use for favio the person and this interveiw confirms why....never forget listening to him tell FA during the Canadian GP, over and over again, the year when FA was going for his first WDC..."harder, harder, push it come on, push it harder and harder

markabilly, as we all know, Formula 1 is the flying circus and it needs a clown ;)

Flavio's complaints about Brawn may be legitimate (we don't know what goes on behind closed doors), but his attacks on the drivers are ridiculous. I don't think his comments on Nakajima are racist, he just sees him as the token slow Japanese guy who comes with the Toyota engine. But it's not like Piquet deserved his seat last year either. Both have F1 roots and sponsored/favored drivers is just the way the business goes.

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Originally Posted by Heidi's baby daddy

He (Brawn) hasn't been transparent as the technical head of the FOTA, he knew (about the diffusers) but didn't say it. Ah, I will propose others to have that role, I no longer feel represented by him. In fact, it's better to put the first Chinese bloke that comes round the corner in that position.

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I hereby volunteer to take the position of technical head of FOTA. Oh hold it, I'm not Chinese, do I still qualify?

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Originally Posted by veeten

sum-up of article; :bigcry:

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Why should he? He's got one of the best drivers on the grid sitting on the front row for tomorrows race!

Cunning old Flav,infuriated all and then get P2... I wonder what he will say now... lol

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Cunning old Flav,infuriated all and then get P2... I wonder what he will say now... lol

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That he's got the best driver, what else? Also that Jenson is as fast as a post in the best car. :laugh:

Flav isn't my cup of tea as a person, but I appreciate his straight talking nature. No cuddling and sweet words, just the bare truth.

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Originally Posted by ioan

That he's got the best driver, what else? Also that Jenson is as fast as a post in the best car. :laugh:

Flav isn't my cup of tea as a person, but I appreciate his straight talking nature. No cuddling and sweet words, just the bare truth.

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If Flavio was at Ferrari, those Baldisseris etc would be making pizzas instead of being transferred to a "factory role". Not a very nice man, but gets things done.

Let's wait till the race before praising him too much, as I remember the Spanish GP last year... P2 sounds nice, but they give the points tomorrow.