From GMM
A hundred F1 regulars should be expelled from formula one if the sport is serious about cutting costs.
That is the view of Flavio Briatore , the disgraced and banned former Renault chief who made another paddock appearance at Monza last weekend.
The 60-year-old is tipped to take up a role alongside F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone once his FIA ban runs out.
He said at Monza that F1 will only survive into the long-term if it is able to dramatically reduce costs.
"But you'd have to throw 100 people out of the paddock. With today's decision-makers this is not possible. You can't teach them how to save because they never have. It's like sending an alcoholic to rehab in a bar," said the flamboyant Italian.
On Austrian television 'Servus', Briatore also commented on the return this year of Michael Schumacher .
"The comeback was wrong. His car is not the best, but he isn't competitive. Rosberg is usually better. Sometimes I just feel sorry for him," admitted Flavio Briatore, who was team boss at Benetton where Schumacher won his first two titles in the mid 90s.
A hundred F1 regulars should be expelled from formula one if the sport is serious about cutting costs.
That is the view of Flavio Briatore , the disgraced and banned former Renault chief who made another paddock appearance at Monza last weekend.
The 60-year-old is tipped to take up a role alongside F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone once his FIA ban runs out.
He said at Monza that F1 will only survive into the long-term if it is able to dramatically reduce costs.
"But you'd have to throw 100 people out of the paddock. With today's decision-makers this is not possible. You can't teach them how to save because they never have. It's like sending an alcoholic to rehab in a bar," said the flamboyant Italian.
On Austrian television 'Servus', Briatore also commented on the return this year of Michael Schumacher .
"The comeback was wrong. His car is not the best, but he isn't competitive. Rosberg is usually better. Sometimes I just feel sorry for him," admitted Flavio Briatore, who was team boss at Benetton where Schumacher won his first two titles in the mid 90s.