Flavio Briatore
Italian businessman
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| May 2024 | Briatore returns to Formula One, rejoining the Renault F1 team (now Alpine F1 Team) as Executive Advisor for the Formula One Division, effectively resuming a leadership role in the team. |
| May 2024 | Briatore implements significant organizational changes at Alpine, including reducing staff headcount at the Enstone facility by 25% and closing the Viry-Châtillon engine operation in favor of a Mercedes customer engine supply. |
| May 2024 | Briatore returns to Formula One, rejoining the Renault F1 team (now Alpine F1 Team) as Executive Advisor for the Formula One Division, effectively resuming a leadership role in the team. |
| May 2024 | Briatore implements significant organizational changes at Alpine, including reducing staff headcount at the Enstone facility by 25% and closing the Viry-Châtillon engine operation in favor of a Mercedes customer engine supply. |
| 2023 | Returned to Renault as 'team boss in all but name', fifteen years after being banned from Formula One. |
| 2023 | Returned to Renault as 'team boss in all but name', fifteen years after being banned from Formula One. |
| 2019 | Briatore founded the political party Movimento del Fare. |
| 2019 | Briatore founded the political party Movimento del Fare. |
| June 12 2014 | Publicly expressed strong disapproval of the new Formula One format, criticizing quiet cars, fuel-saving strategies, and what he perceived as artificial overtaking, claiming the sport had become more about accounting than racing. |
| June 12 2014 | Publicly expressed strong disapproval of the new Formula One format, criticizing quiet cars, fuel-saving strategies, and what he perceived as artificial overtaking, claiming the sport had become more about accounting than racing. |
| March 20 2014 | Criticized new Formula One regulations, arguing that car manufacturers and engineers were prioritizing fuel efficiency over entertainment, potentially alienating fans. |
| March 20 2014 | Criticized new Formula One regulations, arguing that car manufacturers and engineers were prioritizing fuel efficiency over entertainment, potentially alienating fans. |
| August 2012 | Opened a Billionaire club in Marbella and launched an haute couture line called Billionaire Italian Couture. |
| August 2012 | Opened a Billionaire club in Marbella and launched an haute couture line called Billionaire Italian Couture. |
| 2011 | Ended his ownership period with Queens Park Rangers football team. |
| 2011 | Ended his ownership period with Queens Park Rangers football team. |
| 2010 | His super yacht Force Blue was seized by officers investigating tax fraud related to its charter status and VAT on fuel. |
| 2010 | Elisabetta Gregoraci gave birth to their son in Nice, France. |
| 2010 | A Turin court ordered Briatore's rehabilitation, extinguishing the criminal effects of his previous convictions. |
| 2010 | Elisabetta Gregoraci gave birth to their son in Nice, France. |
| 2010 | His super yacht Force Blue was seized by officers investigating tax fraud related to its charter status and VAT on fuel. |
| 2010 | A Turin court ordered Briatore's rehabilitation, extinguishing the criminal effects of his previous convictions. |
| February 19 2010 | Briatore officially steps down from his position at QPR |
| February 19 2010 | Briatore officially steps down from his position at QPR |
| January 5 2010 | The Tribunal de Grande Instance overturned the FIA's ban on Briatore and granted him €15,000 in compensation. |
| January 5 2010 | The Tribunal de Grande Instance overturned the FIA's ban on Briatore and granted him €15,000 in compensation. |
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