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Renault have faith in FIA, says Briatore

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-12 08:23

"Sure, we are not happy, this is normal. But all this stuff was too emotional. When we were talking about it, it was a kind of a provocation, a kind of a joke. People took it too seriously, all the situation," he said.

"It was a remark turned differently to my intention.

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"We accept the position of the stewards. I accept their decisions all the time. Fernando is 25 years old, he was very emotional about that and he feels it. But we never want to interfere with the decisions of the stewards.

"The stewards have more elements than me to judge the situation.

"Today is Monday and it is finished, done, gone," he added.

Briatore, who could be charged with bringing the sport into disrepute by the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) after his comments on Sunday, made clear that he did not want any bad blood.

"We want to fight to the last race, we want to win the championship. That's the bottom line," he said.

"We respect the decisions of the federation because this is why we are in the world championship, we accept the power and decisions of the federation.

"I support (FIA president) Max (Mosley) completely," added Briatore.

"When we are talking about engines rules and that situation I think Max has done very good...I am a friend of Max and I respect what he is doing for Formula One and Renault supports him completely.

"During the race sometimes you are a little bit too emotional," added the Italian, who last week signed up for two more