 Briatore took charge of the Renault team in 2000
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Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore will appeal against his lifetime ban from motor racing in a Paris court on Tuesday.
Briatore was banned by motorsport's governing body, the FIA, for his part in ordering Nelson Piquet to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Piquet was asked to deliberately crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso to win the race.
Briatore is also seeking damages and an official publication of the ruling.
He is not expected to be present at the hearing at the Tribunal de Grande, France's high court, but his representatives are expected to argue that procedures adopted during the original investigation were against the FIA's international sporting code.
Piquet's crash in Singapore
It will also be claimed that the enquiry contravened the laws of France, where the FIA has its headquarters.
In a statement released when he announced his intention to appeal, Briatore said: "I have every confidence that the French courts will resolve the matter justly and impartially."
He added that the penalty against him is a "legal absurdity" and accused the FIA of a "deliberate breach of the rights of the defence", a "breach of the rules of natural justice" and a "manifest excess and abuse of power".
Should he be unsuccessful in having the ban overturned, Briatore will be banned indefinitely from attending FIA events and forbidden from managing drivers.
His future as co-owner of Championship club Queen's Park Rangers could also be in jeopardy.
If the punishment stands, he may be in violation of the Football League's 'fit and proper person test'.
The test stipulates that an owner, prospective owner or director of a club should not be "subject to a ban from involvement in the administration of a sport by a sports governing body".
Such a ban could be classed by the League as a "disqualifying condition" which would result in a ban "from holding office or acting as a club director at a club".
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