Flavio Briator in the French newspaper Le Parisien again, again Moreover In a very categorical form, he made it clear that the replacements in Alpine F1 are not excluded during the season, and everything will depend on the results.
Briator, although formally he is only an adviser in the Renault factory team, but it is subject to the chapter directly concern to Luke de Meo and actually has the full power in solving personnel issues.
Briator statement They called and cause many comments about the possible further fate of Jack Duen – by the way, it is Flavio that is his manager. At the same time, the 74-year-old Italian insisted that the team sign a reserve pilot contract with Franco Kolapinto, having agreed on this with Williams.
There is no doubt that this was done, including so that the duin constantly feels additional pressure – however, according to the Australian racer, he is not afraid of this.
But this is how the Briator looks at the situation: “We will begin a year With Pierre Gerly and Jack Duen, I can guarantee this. After that, let's see how the season will take shape. If one of the racer does not progress, he will not bring the results to me, I will replace it. In Formula 1, you can’t succumb to emotions. ”
At the same time, the other day, Alpine announced the signing of a sponsorship contract with the Argentinean company Mercado Libre, which provides financial support to Kolapinto, which also makes us think.
In another interview, the Argentine television channel El Trece, Briator was asked about Mike Schumacher-25-year-old son of a seven-time world champion is For Alpine in endurance races.
“The racer is fast and very good,” Flavio confirmed, who at one time, in 1991, lured Michael Schumacher from Jordan to the Benetton team, which later turned into the present decade Alpine F1. “He only needs more experience, but we believe in Franco.” We struggled for him to move to our team. And if we talk about the future, we believe that Franco is one of our most important assets.
In Formula 1, it is important to do everything on time. Kolapinto is a nice guy, he respects sponsors and communicates well with all engineers. Now he is already working with might and main in our team, and I am very pleased with them … I promised him that together with the engineers we will make every effort to give him the opportunity to show ourselves, and there it would be visible. “
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