Ferrari has decided on a very important change in its team

According to the web version of the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, the president of Ferrari John Elkann has decided to replace Mattia Binotto at the helm of Scuderia Ferrari to give his place to Frenchman Frederic Vasseur, the main Alfa Romeo team since 2019, effective January 1.

As explained by Vasseur, a 54-year-old French engineer, he was investigated last summer by Elkann, because the Maranello management did not agree with the way the team was managed by Binotto, who had progressed to team manager from a more technician, head of engine and later technical director of Ferrari. Vasseur, who has more of a team manager profile, will be at the top of the list for a replacement, also because of his close ties to the management of the Stellantis group – headed by Elkann -, which was built in the last years when he directed Sauber , an Alfa Romeo brand.

Binotto, like his predecessor Arrivabene, has been heavily questioned due to the lack of results in this four-year period 2019-2022 where he has consistently failed when it comes to fighting for the title. Now in 2022 the course has already disappeared in the middle of the season when the distances on the Red Bull have started to skyrocket, in addition to various resounding strategy errors, and this is when the engine begins to look for a replacement of Ferrari.

In addition, they are well known public disagreement with Charles Leclercthe driver who at the start of the season was fighting for the leadership of the world championship with Verstappen, who blamed him for managing the Silverstone race that marked the first victory in F1 for Carlos Sainz or this Sunday when he pleaded with his team to Sainz, who was third, gave him the place to continue the battle with Checo Pérez for the world runner-up. The detail that Leclerc made his F1 debut at Sauber, under the direction of Vasseur, is not important.