Ferrari faces its old demons

Asked to resign from the management of the Scuderia after four years of service, Mattia Binotto is paying the price for a 2022 season full of frustrations, which also shows that the Prancing Horse has not yet chased the ghosts of the pass. To replace him, the Frenchman Frédéric Vasseur is expected.

Published on 06/12/2022 à 09:00

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Between Mattia Binotto and Charles Leclerc, the understanding was fresh since the summer and the strategic mistakes of the British GP © DPPI

What was his career at Ferrari?

Graduated in mechanical engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1994, Mattia Binotto joined the test team of the Team Ferrari in 1995 before reaching the rank of engineer in 1997. He joined the Engine department in 2004 to become, from 2007, one of its key elements. Vice director of the Engine department in 2013, upon the arrival of the turbo/hybrid V6, he became its director at the end of 2014. Considered the main architect in 2015 of the increased performance of the in-house powertrain, he was appointed technical director of the Scuderia in 2016 by Maurizio Arrivabene after the departure at the end of July of James Allison. In January 2019, it was Arrivabene's turn to leave the scene and give way to Binotto who became director of Sports Management at Ferrari. In 2019, Binotto contributed to the first two victories of Charles Leclerc and the last of Sebastian Vettel before the team was condemned by the FIA for a non-regulatory engine (hidden overconsumption of fuel). Despite a disastrous 2020 financial year – the worst since 1980 – which saw the Scuderia finish in 6th place in the Manufacturers' championship, the Swiss is kept in his post to prepare for the technical revolution planned for 2022. With the F1-75, Ferrari connaît un début de sai