Flavio Briato𓆉re is back🍨 in Formula 1 after joining Alpine.

He has been confi🌠rmed as the new executive advisor for the F1 team.

A statement ahead of this weekend's F1 Spanish Grand Prix confirmed: "BWT Alpine F1 Team can confirm that Flavio Briatore has been appoin꧋ted by Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo as his Executive Adv🥀isor for the Formula One Division."

The ex-Rena𒀰ult boss was dismissed from F1 14 years ago for hi꧟s part in the Crashgate controversy.

Briatore was initially banned for li📖fe by the FIA after the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate cras༒h allowed teammate Fernando Alonso to win in Singapore. The knock-on effect was to enable Lewis Hamilton to win his first F1 title, which then-rival Felipe Massa now questions.

Briatore overturned his lifetime ban from F1 i🐭n 2010.

He previously oversaw F1 titles for Michael Schuma🦂cher at Benetton and Alonso at Renault.

Briatore remains a part of Alonso's per𝔉sonal management.

His arrival to Alpine comes at a time when the team is strugg🐽ling on-track.

Significantly, ahead of the new F1 r♓egulations in 2026,💧 Briatore must help Alpine decide which direction to head in.

Finalis𝕴ing which ༺engine to use - as a manufacturer or a customer - is crucial.