Flavio Briatore is 'devastated' by his life ban from Formula One for his role in a race-fixing scandal and may take legal action against motor sport's governing body.
Flavio Briatore is 'devastated' by his life ban from Formula One for his role in a race-fixing scandal and may take legal action against motor sport's governing body.
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The flamboyant former Renault team boss was handed the sentence by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix by ordering driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash.
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"I am distraught," the 59-year-old Italian was quoted as saying by Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport.
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Reports said he was planning to bring legal action against the FIA to try to prove his innocence and win compensation for the damage to his image.
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Briatore left Renault last week along with engineering head Pat Symonds, who was banned from the sportu00a0for five years on Monday.
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