Binotto considered leaving Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari enters the 2019 season with a new team boss in Mattia Binotto who replaces Maurizio Arrivabene. It is common knowledge that the relations between the two thinking heads of Maranello deteriorated over the months until the Team Principal was fired by the Italian team in favor of the former technical director.

“I felt that I was no longer in a position to do my job properly and I said so publicly, confided the new director of Scuderia Ferrari to Corriere della Serra. It wasn't just difficult for me, it affected the whole team, because the level of the technical director is reflected on his colleagues. It's true, other teams have contacted me because of my experience in F1 which has a certain value. »

Mattia Binotto wanted to nuance the nature of the tensions between him and Maurizio Arrivabene, not seeking to undermine his former boss.

“By working here for 25 years, I have had the chance to experience magnificent moments whether with Todt, Brawn or Schumacher, then Stefano Domenicali. I have always learned from everyone, even from Maurizio, and I thank him for that. Our personal relations have always been good, there has never been any opposition. The difficulties focused on our vision of things, on the management of the team or the race weekends. We had different points of view”, he explained.