Marko Hanželic
After nine of seventeen races this season, Formula 1 is a team Ferrari in sixth place in the design championship, for McLarn, Racing Point in Renault. Charles Leclerc is the eighth, Sebastian Vettel 13. on the driver scale. And since then Mattia binotto In January 2019, he took over the position of team leader from Maurizio Arrivabeneja, Yippee Team scored only three wins in 30 races. An achievement that would definitely have taken care of in the past purge in the ranks of the leaders of red Italian pride.
In addition, Ferrari is in two home races in Monza in Mugello particularly disappointed Italian fans. At Monza, both racers resigned, v Mugello was Leclerc eighth, Hag on the tenth. The fact that the future of the team boss is also being discussed, at least in public, is therefore not surprising.
Sam binotto does not feel in danger, "Because I know I have the support of top management," said in an interview with Corriere della Sera and added: "I was wondering and wondering if I was really suitable for the role of team leader."
As he says, he came to this conclusion: “I could have done a better job in some areas. For example, by reorganizing our technical structure. This could have been done earlier. However, I believe that my 25 years of experience in F1 and my knowledge of this company are a key factor in doing this job well. ”
binotto nevertheless does not resort to excuses: “Clearly, I am responsible for the team. I do not want to avoid this responsibility, ” he said in an interview with Sky. “Looking at this season from the team boss’s point of view, we’ve achieved quite a few important things - the Concorde agreement, the contract extension with Charles, the decision for Carlos. The team is progressing. We work closely internally and are aware of the need to act in this situation, ” i.e the first man of the Reds in F1.
Binot his predecessor as team leader also defended himself, Stefano domenicalliwhich says: “The attack on Binotta is not constructive now. If someone was waiting with a magic wand in their hand, then fine. But I don’t see any wizards, so I can only emphasize what I’ve said many times before: only hard work and patience can end the spiral of failure. I don't see any alternative to Mattia and his team. "
Leaders are of a similar opinion Ferrari. Louis Camilleri, Ferrari’s CEO, one of the strongest men and decision-maker on key personnel issues at Maranello, recently interviewed New York Times put in defense of his team boss in F1.
binotto so it remains, but will soon have to show anyway progress also on the runway. Otherwise, the inevitable fate of many of his predecessors awaits him…
