Briatore: Renault are now untouchable

The French team are 31 points clear of Ferrari in the constructors' championship, with Fernando Alonso ahead of Michael Schumacher by 23 points in the drivers' championship.

And Briatore believes his team and Alonso will continue to dominate the season.

"If you read the papers last Friday, we were supposed to end up second; on Thursday third," the Italian told Gazzetta dello Sport. "It didn't quite go that way...

"If you heard Ferrari [before the race weekend], pole and victory should have been their own private affair, while at the end they didn't get neither.

"The truth is that at the moment we are the fastest and most reliable. If Ferrari don't find somehow a tyre advantage, they won't catch us. At Silverstone, the Bridgestones weren't bad, but they still ended up behind."

Briatore warned, however, that Renault are not resting on laurels and will continue to push in the coming events.

"At the next race, in Canada, we won't show up just to finish eighth," he said. "Alonso and [Giancarlo] Fisichella can easily aim for the podium.

"We've shown to be a very strong team, we don't make mistakes, and our strategies are always spot on. We aren't scared of anyone.

"In Formula One, you can't control anything: he who is slower is left behind, while he who has an advantage makes the most of it."