Flavio Briatore believes System 1 ought to return to France, however solely with a race in Paris.
Flavio Briatore believes System 1 ought to return to France, however solely with a race in Paris.
His feedback come simply days after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem lamented the game’s absence from France since 2022.
“It is good to speak in confidence to new international locations, however we mustn’t neglect the place the story started,” Ben Sulayem instructed Le Figaro.
Briatore, the outspoken and highly effective advisor to Alpine, absolutely helps the FIA president’s view—although he insists F1 ought to keep away from Paul Ricard and Magny-Cours.
“Not at Le Castellet (Paul Ricard) and never at Magny-Cours both, the place there may be nothing,” stated the Italian. “In Paris.
“Castellet was inconceivable for visitors. No, System 1 deserves a grand prix in Paris,” Briatore added. “Not essentially within the metropolis centre or below the Eiffel Tower, however Paris can be magnificent. There have to be all of the lodge capability to accommodate everybody that F1 attracts—the sponsors, the individuals who work for System 1.
“Everybody desires a grand prix in France. System 1 is absolutely lacking from France.”
Final yr, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali acknowledged France’s absence, explaining that the French authorities was prioritising preparations for the 2024 Olympic Video games.
“Perhaps after that, they may have a little bit extra time for us to come back again collectively on this concern,” he instructed L’Equipe mid-last yr.
