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Alpine needs a ‘bandit' like Briatore – Ecclestone

Jul.2 Alpine needs a 'bandit' like Flavio Briatore to get Renault's factory Formula 1 team back on track, according to former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. 74-year-old Briatore's return to the Enstone based team and F1 has been controversial, given the flamboyant Italian's central role in the ‘crashgate' scandal that initially resulted in a lifetime ban. 'I spoke to (Renault CEO) Luca de Meo on the phone for a long time,' Ecclestone, no longer officially involved in the sport, told Blick newspaper. 'He was desperate,' said the 93-year-old. 'Then the word Briatore came up. 'We quickly agreed that in such a confusing situation only a doer – a bandit among angels – could...
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