Ecclestone and Briatore friends again after outcome of crashgate
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone declared that his relationship with former Renault Team Princpal Flavio Briatore is back to normal after the 'crashgate' scandal and the severe punishment for the Italian from the FIA.
Ecclestone said to the Italian newspaper 'Gazzetta dello Sport': "It was me giving him a call, we met, and we went to lunch together a couple of times last week. He wasn't so cheerful. Our relationship today is fine, perfect, normal."
Ecclestone repeated his comments that he believes Briatore could have received a better punishment for his actions in the scandal than a lifetime exclusion from the sport.
"There were other people from the world council harsher than Mosley, talking about a ban from our sport. Another person objected to it.
"But in general there wasn't much solidarity towards him. He had caused great damage to motor racing. I say that three years could have been enough. What I didn't like was using the term 'lifetime ban', which isn't even used for murderers."
