The Fourth Man
Flavio Briatore has minimal mechanical knowledge and describes himself as a t-shirt seller, but the flamboyant Italian has achieved the extraordinary feat of winning titles with two different teams. Richard Barnes analyses Formula One's fourth man
With the World Drivers' Championship settled two races ago in Brazil, the F1 circus arrived in Shanghai to settle the 'other' Championship - the Constructors' title. The season-long dominance of Renault and McLaren turned the season finale into a straight four-man race, with Renault teammates Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella pitted against the McLaren pairing of Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya.
In keeping with the trend of the whole season, the eventual winner was going to be decided on reliability rather than outright speed. Failure to finish by one of the four protagonists would likely hand the title to the rival team. And, predictably, it was Juan Pablo Montoya who drew the short straw.
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