The Italian Mattia Binotto, the manager of the Ferrari team in Formula 1, decided to end his relationship with the team due to a lack of confidence in the president of the car company, the Italian-American John Elkann, and the announcement of a “mutual separation.” agreement” is about to become official, as Italian media reported on Friday.
The relationship between Binotto and Ferrari is definitely broken, according to the newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’, which also states that the announcement is not yet official as both parties are negotiating the relevant clauses for the conclusion of a contractual union that, apparently, will do. will end by “mutual agreement”, and the black on white officially ends at the end of 2023. And this time they mention that the leak will come from the environment of one of the interested parties, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc.
Rumors about his departure from the ‘Prancing Horse’ team increased at the end of the season just finished the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (United Arab Emirates), although a day before the race the ‘main team’ He was relaxing. in his situation at the head of the team.
“There are still many things we need to improve, weaknesses have been shown, but I am sure that, as we have done in the past, we will analyze and try to address them. The team is fully focused on 2023”, he assured the statement collected by Formula 1.
However, according to the aforementioned newspaper, Binotto, whose contract is valid until the end of 2023, mentioned to some of his close friends during the last GP that he was “too tired to continue his work in critical conditions in within the company”.
The name most likely to replace Binotto is that of Frenchman Frederic Vasseur, current Alfa Romeo team manager, but Corriere della Sera also points out that until an agreement is reached with the Frenchman, Benedetto Vigna will be responsible for in the interim Manage Sportiva.
Thus, Binotto will leave the most successful team in the main motor category, after 27 years working here -since he arrived as an intern in 1995-, the last four as team director.
Source: La Verdad
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