Flavio Briatore revealed here in a press conference that there was no alternative than to sacrifice to save the Renault Formula One team. 

 

After Renault announced Briatore’s departure from the team,he said, "I was just trying to save the team.” 

 

Briatore added, "It's my duty. That's the reason I've finished." 

 

However, it will take some time to come over the race-fixing saga. 

 

Niki Lauda, the Austria’s triple champion said that the scandal marked a new low and the governing FIA should take stern action on these issues.

 

Jackie Stewart another triple champion said, "There is something fundamentally rotten and wrong at the heart of Formula One."

 

He also added, “Never in my experience has Formula One been in such a mood of self-destruction. Millions of fans are amazed, if not disgusted, at a sport which now goes from crisis to crisis with everyone blaming everyone else." 

 

Formula One's head Bernie Ecclestone said, "It is a pity that Flavio has ended his Formula One career in this way. You can't defend him at all. What he did was completely unnecessary. It's a pity that it’s happened."

 

"People say it’s been a torrid year but it always is in F1. There's always something going on. It's never peaceful”, Ecclestone added.