Johnny Herbert disagrees with Flavio Briatore’s return to F1 as Alpine’s🌠 executive ad🅺visor, with the Italian now effectively running the team.

Following Oliver Oakes’ depa꧃rture after the Miami Grand Prix, Alpine have no official team princ♑ipal.

However, Briatore has been instrumental in seve⛦ral key Alpine decisions over the past 12 months.

The 75-year-old pushed for Alpine to abandon tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚheir engine project for 2026 and become a Merce🎉des customer team.

Briatore had been vocal about signing168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Franco Colapinto at the start of the year.

Colapinto replaced 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onwards.

Briatore’s return last year was widel༒y criticised.

, Herbert criticised Briatore’s return and how his decisions could mentally damage a driver’s career.

“I didn’t agree when Flavio Briatore came back, and I sti൲ll don’t agree that ൲he’s back; but he is back and he’s in the battle,” Herbert said.

“He’s now head of the Alpine team and runniℱng it. And those decisions have been made, as I said, don’t agree. I don’t think it’s the right thing, he’s back.

“If Briatore is someone who gets Sergio Perez at Alpine and Perez do♐es a good job and then Flavio gets on his side, he’d be in a very strong position. If it doesn’t go well, you’ll have exactly♋ what’s happened with Jack Doohan.

“Thatꦺ isꩵ always going to be part of what Flavio does. He will always choose one.

“He’s one who has always done that and that’s where it can be very damaging for the driver’s career but also justme💞ntally.”

Why was Briatore banned from F1?

Briatore was foun♔d guilty of race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Nelꦓson Pique🦩t Jr. crashed deliberately in Singapore, resulting in a Safety Car.

This effectively allowe🤪d Fernando Alonso 🔯to win the race.

Allegations emerged after Renaul🔯t sacked Pi𓄧quet Jr. in the middle of 2009.

Briatore and Pat Symonds were forced to leave the team ahead of the 2009 Singapore GP and were charged wit▨h conspiracy and race rigging.

The team itself were handed a disqualification from Fꦍ1, wh𒊎ich was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements.

Briatore was banned from all FIA-sanction🌳ed events for life, while Symonds was banned for five years.

Symonds returned to F1 wi♔th Williams several years later.

Briatore has remained around t🌱he F1 paddock in recent years, ultimately returning as Alpine’s executive advisor♉.