For Mattia Binotto, the noose is tightening at Ferrari

He was combative in Abu Dhabi, during the first race he attended since the Singapore Grand Prix. “I am serene” he even went so far as to say, believing that he was protected by his record and by his ability to have brought Ferrari back to the forefront, after two difficult years. Mattia Binotto, who arrived at Ferrari as a trainee in 1995, was nevertheless very annoyed by all the rumors about him. There Team although he denied two weeks ago that his main team was leaving, this did not really have the expected effectiveness. On the contrary.

Last weekend, the Italian press even mentioned an imminent resignation of the Italian engineer, with negotiations underway with the aim of finding an agreement between the two parties. The reason for this potential resignation? Relations between Mattia Binotto and Ferrari president John Elkann, which have cooled considerably for several weeks, which would have pushed the Italian to submit his resignation, who in any case felt that the tide was turning. Since its post-Brazil denial, the Scuderia has no longer publicly discussed the matter.

To replace him, the name most regularly cited remains that of Frederic Vasseur, general director of the team. Alfa Romeo, and who did not wish to speak on the subject from Abu Dhabi. La Stampa even echoed a possible return of Ross Brawn, current technical director of the F1 and former technical boss of the Italian team during the glorious years in red Schumacher. Could this ambient instability at the head of the Scuderia prove to be problematic when we know that all of Maranello is already focused on project 675, that of the car 2023 which should be a big update to the F1-75.

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