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Briatore rejects label of Jack Doohan ‘killer'

Feb.24 Flavio Briatore is still not denying that Alpine could make a mid-season driver change in 2025. The flamboyant Italian's actual role is a team advisor reporting to Renault CEO Luca de Meo – but the latter admitted at the launch of the team's 2025 car: 'Let's be honest, Flavio is the boss.' Indeed, Briatore is no longer hiding either that he was behind the decision to switch to customer Mercedes engines for 2026, or that he 'fought hard' to secure Franco Colapinto on loan from Williams for the next several years. 'To win you need everything to be competitive and the engine was not competitive,' the 74-year-old said. 'Anyone in my position would have chosen between Mercedes or...
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