Wissenswertes

Dated Heidi Klum from May 2003 to January 2004.

Briatore was son of two teachers. He met Luciano Benetton in stock and after that he moved to USA, where he did PR work for Benetton Clothes. Briatore visited Formula 1 GP first time in 1988 and after while Luciano Benetton hired Briatore to run his F1 team. Briatore won two driver championships with Michael Schumacher (1994, 1995) and one manufacturers championship in 1995. From 2002 Briatore worked as team-boss of Renault (former Benetton) and won both championship and manufacturers titles in 2005 and 2006. Fernando Alonso won the drivers title. For season 2007, Briatore hired young Finn Heikki Kovalainen to pair with experienced Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella.

He has worked with Italian designer Angelo Galosso. Briatore launched Billionaire Couture for men in 2005, designer was Galosso.

He is also manager of various F1 drivers, including Mark Webber.

He was manager of F1 team Benetton in 1990s and Renault team from 2002.

He worked for Benetton Clothes in USA in 1980s.

Team Managing Director, Renault.

Has 2 children: daughter Leni Klum (b. May 4, 2004), with ex-girlfriend Heidi Klum, and son Falco Nathan Briatore (b. March 22, 2010), with estranged wife Elisabetta Gregoraci.

His younger brother is a farmer in Piedmont, near Cuneo.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Resigned from Renault F1 team in 2009.