‘Witness X’ sealed Briatore’s downfall

THE FATE of Flavio Briatore was sealed on the evidence of a secret whistleblower within Renault on Wednesday, codenamed ‘Witness X’.

Briatore was effectively handed a lifetime ban from motorsport for his role in the conspiracy that saw Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crash his Renault in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, it was made clear the FIA will not sanction any event involving Briatore, nor will any driver he manages be granted a Superlicence in future should they continue to work with him.