Flavio Briatore (could be worse?) 🗣️ | “I know Franco has taken full responsibility for it, as it should be, he braked too late given the context of the race and the restart with the safety car. It was a very poor maneuver for a driver of his experience. I want to take some time to reflect on this and consider what measures should be taken, so we can learn from it and avoid a situation like this in the future.” (translated)
"I think that as long as the driver who caused it is aware of what they did and apologizes, it happens. I mean, a small mistake or a bad judgment, you lock up the tires on the inside, where there is little grip, it's a bit unfortunate that it involved so many cars but these things happen. It's not nice for any of those involved, but a race suspension seems a bit too much to me." (translated)
" I blocked when I started to brake and then I was out of control the whole braking. I apologize to Pierre and the whole team. I'm sad about the situation, it was a very serious mistake that cost us a lot of points, I apologize to Pierre and the whole team." (translated)
No one is going to argue that it was a tremendous mistake by Franco and that it is all on him. He will get his well-deserved scolding from the team. What makes me very angry is that now everyone who was waiting for him to make a mistake will come out to question Franco's place, whether he deserves to be in Formula 1 or not. That makes me angry. (translated)
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