Briatore: "Mosley is reaping what he sowed"

Flavio Briatore has been hitting the airwaves in a limited way over the last 24 hours, after his victory over the FIA in the Tribunale de Grande Instance in Paris, which overturned the lifetime ban imposed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council last September.

He spoke about his feelings on former FIA president Max Mosley's role in his ban and he said point blank that he was not involved in the crash fixing scandal which rocked the sport last season.

In a telephone interview on Italian TV station RAI, he spoke more openly about Max Mosley than he has so far elsewhere,

"Will I come back to F1? At the moment I'm only interested in Formula Bambino (his first child, a boy, is due in three months)," he said.

"I'm much more tranquil now, the harm that the decision of the FIA did to me was great, the harm Mosley did very great indeed."

Briatore added that he has no "thoughts of a vendetta" against Mosley, but said, "Now Mosley is reaping what he sowed. The decision (of the Paris court) has given me back my freedom and my dignity, things which Mosley took away from me in a vile way. Let's enjoy this moment."

He also appeared this morning on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, where he was pressed to own up whether he was involved in the Singapore crash plot or not,

"I am not involved at all, if you take the FIA investigation. That's all I'm allowed to say at this moment, " he said, on two occasions.

"I have no desire to get back into Formula 1, I'm happy to have my dignity back. The last six months have been a very difficult period for me."

The FIA still has the opportunity to appeal the court's decision and is weighing up its options.