Todt: Briatore is still guilty

Flavio Briatore may have been cleared of race fixing allegations by a French court, but FIA President Jean Todt insists he is still guilty of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

The former Renault boss was banned from all forms of motorsport by the FIA for his role in 'Crashgate' in which Nelson Piquet Jr was ordered to deliberately crash in order to aid his team-mate Fernando Alonso's victory charge.

Briatore challenged the FIA's ruling in the French courts and had his ban overturned. Despite this, Todt maintains that there is no doubt that Braitore is guilty of race fixing.

"Proof? The facts are so obvious that someone [Pat Symonds] has apologised," Todt told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"And at the World Council there was only one vote against the penalty," he added.

The grounds on which Briatore was able to overturn his ban involved the fact that team bosses do not hold FIA license and therefore the FIA had no authority to implement the ban.

Todt confirms that this loophole will be addressed, with the FIA looking to ensure team bosses are compelled to hold licenses.

"We shall return to the issue, especially on the matter of licenses, so that all teams' managers have to hold them," admitted Todt.

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