Flavio Briatore Quotations

Let's put it this way: I am not even sure at the moment we will be in Formula One in 2008.

Monza is a better circuit for us and we have a big step in the car and engine when we go to Brazil. I think we control the situation, more or less.

Montoya to Renault - no, I don't see it happening.

Nigel Mansell became champion after he was 40.

I was at no time directly or indirectly involved in the conduct of these negotiations.

I have heard what the French journalists have said and they need a new job. It is false information that they have disseminated everywhere. Renault want to stay in F1 but only under certain conditions, like the other major manufacturers Mercedes-Benz, Honda, BMW and Toyota. They all want to see the same conditions.

I don't know what happened, the emotion. Like Fernando said before, he was thinking about what happened in 2005. I was thinking about what happened in my 15 years of Formula One. I think I needed some privacy,

I believe we are quite close to a commercial deal, to finalize it with Bernie. We are basically agreed. Something will happen maybe this week or next week, but on the commercial part I believe we are very much in agreement.

He has demonstrated that he is a talented, aggressive driver in the GP2 series, and he has impressed our engineers during his tests with the team. The test driver's role will be crucial during 2006 as we develop our V8 engine through the season to defend the World Championship.

He is incredibly cool. Not emotional, no mistakes, always thinking. I always believed the brain is important in any business, including driving the car.

To come here this weekend and dominate the race shows we have done the job right this year. We have shown speed and reliability. This is a dream team.

I was looking at the No. 1. That's the only thing I was looking at.

I think so. The techniques of management are the same whether you run a clothing company or a football club. Management is the way you produce your product - your efficiency, your creativity, and the people you choose to make the dream come true. Now I stick to what I love for the moment - formula one. When I no longer have that love maybe I try football again.

I was obviously a bit annoyed at this.

We have spectators walk away from television. In the meantime, we have less spectators in the grandstands.

The deal has been on the table for the last three or four weeks. It depends when the manufacturers want to sign.

The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs, ... I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.

This was a very difficult race, and Fernando has got another fantastic result. The whole team did a great job, with some perfect stops and the strategy was what we needed. Everybody did a great job today. Fisico was pushing hard and really flying when he crashed. I think he did a great job too, but sometimes accidents happen - as we saw with Montoya as well. Fernando did the job he needed to, and now I think it will be difficult for Raikkonen to catch him; but the constructors' championship is much closer, and we will stay focused on that until the end.

This was a fantastic win for Fernando. He had a great car this afternoon and he controlled the race from start to finish. There were a lot of complicated situations to deal with and he did it brilliantly.

We were racing for a World Championship, we weren't playing around,

It would be great to have Valentino in F1, but he wouldn't have even a minimal chance of winning,

It would be suicide to have two championships.

So when Fernando got alongside him, he didn't fight his team mate. It is not about team orders, it is about working as a team.

There will be more action and the drivers will have to be on the track a lot more.

The relationship between us and Giancarlo is fantastic,

It will be difficult for Raikkonen to catch him.

I pay enough. The driver moves around but the team stays. What you need is a solid, efficient team. This attracts a good driver.

I have read in the French press that Renault is going to leave Formula One. These journalists need new jobs - they had false information which they disseminated everywhere. Renault want to stay in Formula One under certain conditions which is the same as Mercedes, BMW, Honda and Toyota. Five us want certain conditions.

I don't think Michael Schumacher forgets how to drive a formula one car. It is just Ferrari having a bad year. Michael does the best possible job with a limited car. But I think Fernando can be as great even if Michael already has seven championships - a crazy number. Fernando has the potential to do that because he is made to be a champion. He is also much calmer than Schumacher. Forget what you see in public - where Alonso is smiling and Schumacher is concentrated. I know them both very well and I promise you Fernando has the ice in his blood - more than Michael, who is boiling inside with feeling.

The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs. I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.

Alonso could have attacked Montoya at the end, but he could have also lost everything. We haven't won anything yet.