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Early life and Benetton career
Briatore was born in Verzuolo near Cuneo, Italy, in the Maritime Alps, from a family of elementary school teachers. He got a diploma in Land Surveying at Fassino di Busca's high school with the lowest grades. Briatore found early work as a ski instructor and restaurant manager. He opened a restaurant named Tribüla, which was Briatore's nickname and indicates someone who is prepared to undergo any trouble in order to get what he wants. The restaurant eventually closed. Verzuolo is a commune in the Province of Cuneo in Italy. ...
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In the 1970s he lived in Cuneo and became an assistant to businessman Attilio Dutto, owner of the Paramatti Vernici (formerly owned by Michele Sindona). Dutto was killed on March 21, 1979 in a car bomb attack ascribed to the Red Brigades. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
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Briatore next moved to Milan and worked in the Italian stock exchange. During this period, he met Luciano Benetton, founder of the Benetton clothing company. The two became friends and eventually business partners. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ...
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Briatore was involved in the bankruptcy of Paramatti, and eventually convicted on various counts of fraud in Bergamo and Milan to 4 years and 6 months of prison. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where he kept close relations to Benetton and opened some Benetton stores.[1] Small street (via della Noca) leading to città alta. ...
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When Benetton opened his first five stores in the United States in 1979, he appointed Briatore as director of the group's American operations. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Due to Benetton's unorthodox methods of franchising, the chain experienced a brief boom in popularity in the US. By 1989, there were eight hundred stores in the United States. Briatore, having taken a cut of each franchising agreement, became very wealthy. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Benetton were also known for their divisive and attention-grabbing advertisements. Briatore explained how they raised the company's profile: "We decided to do something very controversial that people would pick up on - 50% of people thought it was great and 50% thought it was awful, but in the meantime everyone was talking about Benetton." [2]
As store owners began to complain of competition from other Benetton stores, the number of stores decreased to two hundreds and Briatore began to look for a new business.
Formula One
Benetton Formula Briatore attended his first Formula One race, the Australian Grand Prix, in 1988, having in the past proclaimed his lack of interest in the sport. Luciano Benetton appointed him commercial director of his Formula One team, Benetton Formula Ltd. (formerly Toleman), and when he fired the team management shortly thereafter, Briatore was promoted to managing director and set about turning Benetton into a competitive team. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Results from the 1988 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 13, 1988 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Alain Prost 121. ...
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He hired and quickly fired engineer John Barnard. Barnard's successor was Tom Walkinshaw, whose greatest achievement with the team was to lure young driver Michael Schumacher from the Jordan team after his first F1 race in 1991. Briatore, too, contributed to this achievement. The Times observed that '[Briatore] knew Schumacher could be the best and built a team around him at Benetton '[3] that eventually beat the Williams Number 2 driver Damon Hill after 3 times world champion Ayrton Senna was killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. John Barnard is a race car designer. ...
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Schumacher went on to win at Spa in 1992 and again at Estoril in 1993 before claiming the World Drivers' Championship in 1994 and 1995. The Benetton team won the World Constructors' Championship in 1995. Results from the 1992 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on August 30, 1992 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher 153. ...
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Late in 1994, Briatore purchased the ailing Ligier team to acquire its stock of Renault engines. FIA regulations, however, did not permit him to own the team, so he sold it to Walkinshaw. He took on complete management of Benetton, but when Schumacher and a number of key technical staffers departed for Ferrari in 1996, the team slipped to the middle of the grid. The 1994 Formula One season was the 45th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...
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Briatore purchased a share of the Minardi team in 1996, but being unable to sell it to British American Tobacco, as he had hoped, he sold out to fellow owners Giancarlo Minardi and Gabriele Rumi. Benetton fired him in 1997 in favour of David Richards. Minardi was an automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. ...
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From 1998 to 2000, he sold Renault engines, re-badged them as Supertecs, to Williams, Benetton, BAR and Arrows. [2] This article recaps the 1998 Formula One season. ...
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Renault F1 In 2000, Renault announced its plans to return to Formula One with the purchase of the Benetton Formula team. Briatore returned as managing director and team principal, replacing Rocco Benetton. The team raced as Benetton-Renault in 2001 before becoming Renault F1 in 2002. Rocco Benetton (born September 29, 1969 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy) is the former chief executive of the Benetton Formula One team. ...
Briatore has a reputation as a talent-scout, and probably his greatest 'find' has been Fernando Alonso. Briatore met with the teenage Spaniard in 1999. As his manager, Briatore secured him a race drive with Minardi in 2001, and promoted him to test-driver for Renault in 2002. [2] Fernando Alonso DÃaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ...
For 2003, Briatore fired race-driver Jenson Button and replaced him with Alonso. When he replaced Button the outcry was huge, but Briatore stated, 'Time will tell if I am wrong.' [citation needed] Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. ...
Renault won both championships in 2005, with Alonso winning the drivers' title, but he turned his back on Briatore to sign for rivals McLaren for 2007. Despite this, Renault and Alonso retained their titles in 2006. [2] This article is about the racing team, for other McLaren businesses see McLaren Group and McLaren Automotive. ...
Briatore also acts as manager for Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen, and formerly managed Jarno Trulli. Despite winning the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Trulli was dropped from Renault by Briatore and replaced by Giancarlo Fisichella. [2] Mark Alan Webber, called Webbo by some fans, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. ...
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In April 2006, Renault F1's new president Alain Dassas stated that having a contract with Briatore for 2007 was 'a key factor' in securing the company's commitment to the sport; 'and we will do everything to ensure Flavio stays.' [4] Briatore was duly confirmed as staying at Renault for the 2007 and 2008 seasons on 6 September 2006.[5] is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Briatore replaced Alonso with Kovalainen for 2007, saying: "With Kovalainen, I hope to find the anti-Alonso". [6]
He used the F1 espionage scandal that year to hit back at McLaren's Ron Dennis, saying: "Here is a team that acquired an advantage illegally. Just read the regulations: for intellectual property theft the punishment is exclusion... Ron Dennis… was the one who protested us on the mass damper. He is not the immaculate saint he pretends to be on his statements." [7] The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy involves allegations made by the Ferrari Formula One team against a former employee (Nigel Stepney), a senior McLaren engineer, Mike Coughlan, and his wife Trudy Coughlan. ...
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Stance on the future of F1 Briatore has always spoken out about his desires to see F1 provide better entertainment. In 1994 he said: "All the team owners are orientated towards the technical side rather than the entertainment side, and this is a big fault. Every meeting that I go to, people are talking about pistons and suspensions. Nobody goes to a race to see that kind of thing… People come to see Schumacher and Senna racing each other." [2]
Twelve years later his feelings were much the same: "The people in charge should be businessmen, as they are in Hollywood, not ex-engineers. Nothing costs more, and delivers less entertainment, than hidden technology. And that’s what engineers love most of all." [8] ...
In 2007 he even went so far as to suggest that Grands Prix be split into two separate races as in the GP2 series. [9] For the article about the Asian version of the GP2 series, see GP2 Asia Series The GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder sport, Formula 3000. ...
Business Interests Briatore has developed a diverse portfolio of business interests outside Formula 1, many of which revolve around fashion.
He created the Billionaire brand in 1998 and owns a club in Sardinia under that name. A line of Billionaire fashion and sportswear is available as well as a haute couture line, Billionaire Italian Couture. In addition to that he opened Cipriani's restaurant in Mayfair, London in 2004 and owns the pharmaceuticals company Pierrel. He also operates a Tuscan beach club and Lion in the Sun, a holiday resort in Kenya. [2] Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ...
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In 2007 he was linked to a takeover of English Championship Club, Queens Park Rangers, from a Monaco based consortium led by Gianni Paladini. [10] [1] On September 1, 2007 it was officially announced that Briatore (along with Bernie Ecclestone) had bought Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club. [2] Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ...
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Personal life In the late 1990s, Briatore gained notoriety among European tabloids for his romantic relationships with supermodels such as Naomi Campbell, Adriana Volpe, and Heidi Klum. Klum gave birth to Briatore's only child, a daughter named Helene "Leni" Klum, on 4 May 2004. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an English supermodel, actress, singer, and author of Jamaican/Chinese descent. ...
Adriana Volpe (May 31, 1973, Trento, Italy) is a former model and ex-girlfriend of Formula One manager Flavio Briatore. ...
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According to the Italian gossip media, Briatore is engaged to marry the 27-year-old 'Wonderbra' model Elisabetta Gregoraci. The Wonderbra is best known in the United States as a push-up brassiere (bra) style re-introduced to the U.S. market in 1994. ...
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Because of his lavish lifestyle, he is frequently called "Flava-Flav" on SPEED Channel by their F1 announcers.[citation needed] SPEED Channel, based in Charlotte, NC, was launched on New Years Day 1996, by Roger Werner, as SpeedVision. ...
References - ^ Interview with Briatore, "La Repubblica"
- ^ a b c d e f g Who's Who: Flavio Briatore. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5923-1771854,00.html
- ^ http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=35603
- ^ http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17392.html
- ^ F1's biggest bombshells. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ Briatore: 'Throw McLaren out'. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ F1 2006 review: In their own words. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ Debate: Are F1 races too long?. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ http://qprreport.blogspot.com/2007/08/qpr-flavior-briatore-takeover-update.html
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