Italian media claim Binotto leaving Ferrari

Formula 1 Ferrari team manager Mattia Binotto, an Italian, has decided to end his relationship with the team following a lack of trust in car company president John Elkann, an Italian-American, and the announcement of a ‘mutual separation’. would have decided As reported by Italian media on Friday, the “agreement” is about to become official.

According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the relationship between Binotto and Ferrari has completely broken down and the announcement is not yet official. Terminated by “mutual agreement”, Black on White will be formally concluded at the end of 2023. And this time, they say the leak may have come from the environment of one of the stakeholders, Monegasque Charles Leclerc.

Rumors about his departure from the ‘Prancing Horse’ team ran high at the end of the season, which had just ended at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (United Arab Emirates), but a day before the race the ‘main team’ said he was relaxing. In his situation at the head of the team.

“There is still a lot to move forward and weaknesses have been shown, but we are definitely trying to review and address them, as we have done in the past. The team is fully focused on 2023. ‘, he assured in a statement collected by F1.

But Binotto, who has a contract running until the end of 2023, told some close friends at the last GP that he was “too tired to continue working in a crisis situation within the company,” according to the aforementioned newspaper. would have said .

The name most likely to replace Binotto is that of current Alfa Romeo team manager Frédéric Vasseur, a Frenchman, but Corriere della Sera will remain responsible until an agreement is reached with the Frenchman. He also points out that it will be Benedetto Vigna who will owe it. Temporarily manage Sportiva.

Binotto joined the company as an intern in 1995 and after 27 years, left the most successful team in the premier motor category. The last four of his teams he was the director.