Briatore: “The Australian GP was an indecipherable and depressing spectacle”

Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has criticized the new era of F1. The 6-year-old Italian described the Australian GP, ​​the first race of the 2014 season, as "disrespectful" towards the spectators at the track and at home. “Spectators don't understand why drivers don't attack, why they save fuel, and why champions give up on defending their positions. It was a strange sight, something that ruins the most beautiful sport in the world,” Briatore told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

According to Briatore, the FIA ​​made a mistake in supporting the manufacturers in drafting rules aimed at limiting consumption in F1: “They delegated the drafting of the rules to the engineers who don't care about the fans and the entertainment. The result is terrible. It is certainly true that the principles of the rules are correct, but we must not forget that F1 is a competition between drivers. Forcing them to drive slowly is against common sense. It's like introducing a rule that requires Ronardo to only touch the ball ten times in a match. Now we have pilots forced to think like accountants. If Formula 1 doesn't change again in the near future, then the audience will be lost. Look at the comments on the internet, on blogs, on Twitter, they didn't like the Australian GP. It was an indecipherable and depressing show. This new F1 arrived too quickly and with little testing, so Vettel and Hamilton found themselves out of the fight too soon. It is unacceptable and now there is chaos."