Briatore was banned after the revelation that his Renault Formula One team staged a deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in an attempt to rig the outcome of the race.
“The court ruled the sanction was illegal,” said a judge at the Tribunal de Grande Instance, as reported by Reuters.
Briatore was awarded only €15,000 compensation, after seeking €1 million.
The FIA said that it was “very likely” to appeal the French court’s decision.
Briatore left the Renault team following last year’s scandal. His successor as Renault Team Principal was named yesterday as Eric Boullier, a 36-year-old Frenchman with no former Formula One experience and who will be one of the youngest team principals in the paddock.
Reuters reports that Boullier is chief executive of Gravity Sport Management, a company owned by Luxembourg-based fund Genii Capital. The chairman of Genii Capital, Gerard Lopez, has a large stake in the Renault team.
Boullier has prior experience in motor-racing team management, having overseen the DAMS team in the GP2 series and the French team in the troubled A1GP championship.
