Saturday 17th November 2001
Flavio Briatore announced that would remain in charge of the Renault Sport F1 team for the next three years. Briatore said he had the agreement of Renault Sport chairman Patrick Faure. “I have no intention of letting go,” said Briatore. “I am an integral part of Renault. Having an Italian boss doesn’t please everybody, I know, but even Ferrari has a French boss. I am their choice and today things are going very well.” He eventually left Renault under a cloud in 2009 in the fallout from the Crashgate affair.