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FLAVIO BRIATORE Beat Ferrari with back-to-back Formula 1 championships for Renault and Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006. Then Alonso moved to McLaren-Mercedes, and Briatore’s Renault F1 dropped to the middle-back of the pack. 2007 Rank: 20 MARK FIELDS Ford’s president for the Americas pitched a vague “Way Forward” before Mulally parachuted to the rescue. Fields rose up the ladder after getting credit for rebuilding Mazda and revitalizing the Premier Automotive Group. Presence of Mulally and Jim Farley (No. 34) has diminished Field’s influence. 2007 Rank: 22 HAU-THAI TANG Ford’s amiable, urbane director of product development for South American operations was running SVT until management kneecapped the performance division. He’s learning production operations in Brazil while Ford promotes Derrick Kusak as its Bob Lutz. We’re waiting for Tang’s return to Dearborn. 2007 Rank: 23 BRYAN NESBITT Bob Lutz brought him…