Binotto, “relaxed” about rumors about his future at Ferrari

the swiss Mattia Binotto, Ferrari team principalhe is “relaxed” about the rumors referring to his replacement in the team and that the ‘Scuderia‘ deemed “unsubstantiated speculation” in a statement released this week.

Binotto, who took over as Ferrari team principal in 2019, said that Ferrari is a team that builds a lot “passion around” and that means “lots of criticism and gossip”.

“When this speculation came to light, I spoke with my president, John Elkann. Together we openly discussed how best to move forward and decided that issuing a statement was probably the best way to close the any speculation. Obviously these are speculations, completely unfounded,” he warned in remarks collected by the Formula 1 website.

The director of Ferrari assured that he remains “focused” on the weekend in Abu Dhabi, the last race of the year, so that “the team is not distracted” by a Grand Prix in which the runner-up for constructors and drivers is at stake..

When asked if he is one hundred percent convinced that he will lead the team in 2023, he assured that he is “quite relaxed”.

“Obviously, it is not up to me to decide, but the reason why I am relaxed is that I always have open, frequent and constructive discussions with my bosses, with my president, not only in the short term, but also in the medium and long term .” , accurate.

Binotto recalled that “nobody would have thought that Ferrari” could be “so fast at the beginning of the season, and it shows that the team has worked well in difficult moments, like 2020 and 2021.”

“We remain united. I think it is a team that not only works well but has shown itself to be capable. We still have many things that need to be improved, weaknesses have been shown, but I am sure that, as we have done in the past, we will review and try to address them. The team is fully focused on 2023.”he assured.