Flavio Briatore has confirmed that he will honour the second year of his new Renault contract in 2008.
Much speculation surrounds the longer term future of the French team’s managing director and principal, but he said in an interview with Diario As that he will “definitely” still be in the paddock next season.
“It would not have been right to leave Renault at the same time as Fernando (Alonso) did,” said the Italian, referring to the switch to McLaren this year of F1’s reigning double world champion.
Briatore added: “There are a thousand other reasons — like out of respect to the people who are in our team because I asked them to be.
“People who moved house, who moved their kids from one school to another, for us.
“We are a team where the human element is fundamental.”
