The failure and fallouts behind Ferrari's F1 team boss deciding to quit
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- Mattia Binotto will leave his position as Ferrari Formula 1 boss at the end of an increasingly difficult year for the team.
Intense speculation that Ferrari was preparing for Binotto’s exit was emphatically rejected by the team in the build-up to the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
But a week later, Binotto resigned, and Ferrari doesn't have an immediate replacement lines up.
So what’s going on, why’s it come to this, and what does it mean for Ferrari’s 2023 title ambitions?
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00:00 Binotto resigns
00:38 Exit explained
04:01 Why Ferrari lost faith
06:38 Should Ferrari be more patient?
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I was hoping he would stay on at the team in a technical role. The guy has been with them his whole adult life. He practically lives there
Stevo Howard, Binotto should become the team principal for Ayumu Uehara's Wood Brothers Racing.
He is engine guy but Ferrari engine is significantly behind Honda and Mercedes.
Even drs couldn't help the car to pass red bull in many circuits
@@mzamroni Power wise the engine is in-between, however it's the reliability that makes them tune the engine down most of the time in order to finish with both cars. The car speed wise is good, just too much focus on downforce and less on straight line speed
was wondering this myself... that is some loyalty right there.
why wouldnt he go back to being Technical Director?
or was the fallout that bad?
Binotto overreached when he got Arrivabene booted out and he assumed the double role of Technical Director and Team Principal. He might have gotten away with it if he had gotten Ferrari the results he'd promised them or if he had admitted that he couldn't fulfill the double role and simply went back to being just the Technical Director.
RocketPoweredMohawk said it well 'as long as Ferrari are Italian they won't be successful. Last time Ferrari were successful, they were run by a Frenchman, an English man and their strategy was run by a man called Nigel from Kent '
I see you are a man of culture as well
That had me rolling
All hail the mohawk
Explain Ducati then.
L🤭L
If they don't replace the strategist I don't see how this will help them much 😅
Did they have one?
@@TheBadRaven 🤣
@@Dani-it5sy Exactly 💯 That Spanish guy SUCKS 🤮😵
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My pet rock has better ideas for strategy ill submit his application
I think Ferrari was willing to give Binotto another year but he felt that the team didn't have confidence in him so decided to leave.
Ralffe, a lot of options but seemingly wasted potentials for Ferrari.
Or they disagree on his TP role s exclusivity....
My question is who s been the main culprit of our innumerable horrid strategies & race comms...it s been years!!! And why didnt anyone, TP or higher ups dismissed those individuals???!!
He wanted another year though so what changed?
I would have more confidence in his paper cutout 😂
You thought wrong.
Binotto has a lot of options, he has Plan A to Plan Z he can choose from.😂
Plan XTGZ?
We are checking.
Question
Which are all JOKES.
If he travels up north to Scandinavia he wil even have three extra plans in æøå ;)
Any time a company offers its full, public support of a senior figure, the writing is on the wall.
Rymixxx, i belive Binotto shouldnt choose ferrari since 2013.
Just like football.
@@Euclides287 arteta's turned out amazing tho
Can you elaborate?
LMAO Exactly ... i was laughing so hard at the wording that "he decided to leave/quit" .. LOL NOBODY Leaves/Quits FERRARI willingly.
Best thing RedBull can do is hire him as an engineer for Alpha Tauri. He may not have been the greatest teamboss but he seriously knows his technical stuff. I think he'd make an excellent chief designer or such.
This is about ferrari not red bull
@@gamingnoah9807No it's mostly about Binotto and so is my post.
Agreed on this one. He knows how to make them engines but never really saw him as a a leader material, not even a decent one.
@@moisesezequielgutierrez If only there was a team currently trying to build an engine department for their first season in 2026...
On an unrelated side note: Does anyone know how good Binotto's German is?
@@christophmayer3991 he is swiss, so i guess he can atleast speak it
It was bound to happen.... This has been a consistent thing ferrari have done across their recent history.... From the very late 80s up to now.
Ferrari with Binotto equals to doom.
Tott is the only man in that period to give Ferrari any real success
Apart from the Schumacher era
@@procatprocat9647 Jean Todt ran Ferrari in the Schumacher era
@@alanmckinnon6791 precisely. He's French, not Italian.
1. I don't think that he was the reason for the Ferrari problems
2. I don't think he resigned volunteerly
3. A new Team Principal will not be the solution.
But I think they will take one from inside of Ferrari, even though I would like to see Vettel xD
If seb is running strategy Ferrari will be allergic to losing
As unlikely as it is, Vettel as Ferrari team principal would be… something.
Sorry..much admiration for SV..but team principal..🤔🤣🤣🤣
I’m not sure if the tifosi would be pleased/satisfied with Seb returning so soon especially if he is marketed as a new team principal who will bring both/either championship to Italy
As he failed to do so as a driver and his teammate was the no2 driver to him but to the Tifosi he was and always will be the legend in their eyes as he is the last driver who has delivered it
It's a tough call but I'm not convinced Sacking Binotto was the way to go. Hiring and making responsible a strong race strategist and allowing Binotto to focus on the larger, picture and future of the team whilst retaining his effective oversight of the engineering side I believe would have been the optimum outcome.
It's a good thing they didn't sack him, he resigned
@@Grooove_e I'm sure you're right, he just got bored of being in one of the most prestigious and well paid jobs in motorsport!!👍👏
I don't know that Binotto has the actual clout to fire the incompetent people within the team. 'Protection' is paramount in Ferrari culture, and you can get away with anything so long as you have the support of one or two corporate big-shots.
@@geonerd if that true for him and his replacement then Ferrari are fk'd!
Yes, i see you have a lot of experience in the corporate world.
"Next year will be our year" just turned into "next year will be their problem yet again, and fortunately I no longer have to deal with it anymore"
Year of problems
Clown otto
True. A part of him probably wanted to GTFO. Binotto may not have fought very hard when Ferrari started to push...
The way Binotto guided the team out of the engine controversy and subsequent drop in performance always impressed me. At the time he explained their plan to improve and actually exceeded this plan. This year they fielded a car that bettered the Mercedes and achieved many pole positions. Comparatively, that was a great result for the team. I would have been keen to see what they could have achieved over the next two years under Binotto's calm leadership.
I think the main reason his job was threatened is he did not reform the strategy department which seemed to get progressively worse and was a huge oversight which mostly nullified all of the technical advancements and potential. However, I believe he should have stayed next year and given a chance to address this.
I really think the biggest problem Binotto had this year was that he couldn't seem to admit when mistakes we're made. I agree there should not be a fear culture but you need to be able to address problems so you can find a solution.
It seems to me that Farrari's entire culture obsesses about projecting a "positive image" at the expense of all else. Critique is really not allowed.
It proved that Binotto had not addressed the problems when Leclerc rolled down pitlane at Brazil on Inters. That proved that the previous 20 races had been completely ignored and Ferrari refused to learn anything. That's the moment he lost his job.
His public persona speaking in English was very different from his internal actions. He was very strict and demanding, but, having raised through the ranks in the team, believed that people should be given the opportunity to review what went wrong and what could’ve been done differently. Publicly, he was always showing support to his team and his people. This was told to me by someone who worked at Ferrari last season (2021). I’m not saying he’s perfect and did everything right, though.
Just because he didn't scream and shout in front of cameras doesn't mean problems weren't addressed
@@CharlesFreck He didn't reform the strategy department. Nothing improved. Management were obviously not impressed and who can blame them?
The core problem with Ferrari is that feelings are prioritized over logic.
It's too bad you feel that way. It's not logical.
@@jackhammer111 O'really? What other explanations do you have? As it's clearly not an engineering problem they have.
How do you know that. He probably gave them a bollocking behind the scenes not everything has to be public
Well, they're ITALIAN!
@@dribrom You did what you accused them of doing. You prioritize your feelings about the matter over logic. Binotto was brought in to stop prioritizing feelings over logic. What the article called ending the culture of fear. Of course it's an engineering problem. It's a battle with the laws of physics. They have arguably the best driver in the sport and Charles and Carlos ain't bad either. Nobody can get more out of a car than Charles Leclerc.
All Juventus board resigned almost at the same time as Binotto. Maybe there will be a major restructuring all across Exor (Ferrari & Juventus major shareholder)
Exactly, take arrivabene from Juve and put him him back at Ferrari
I believe he would improve every single F1 team in a technical role that isn't as team principal & I truly hope that eventual team will be McLaren.
i've been a McLaren fan since Mika, and i will definitely stop supporting the team if they apoint Binotto in any managerial role. if he is in the engine department i don't have a problem with it. he is an excellent engineer, but i don't want him to lead or manage the team.
@@mr.iceman_ Good to know. McLaren will surely take your valuable opinion as guidelines in future developments.
@@mr.iceman_ me too a fan of Hakkinen.
@@tonyg3091 Binotto should become the team principal for Haas.
@@mr.iceman_ And since McLaren gets their engines from Merc. There is no engine department at McLaren
Interesting power dynamic in Ferrari siding with there star driver, at least there are sensible board members seeing Leclerc's value instead of highlighting his one major mistake and ignoring the team's multiple failings
Also it's amazing that Christian Horner was the youngest team principal at his appointment and is the longest serving team principal for a single team and has seen 5 Ferrari team principals come and go, I can imagine a smug face on him going "who's the kid now" to his critics back then
Their*
Binotto and Ferrari equals to DOOM.
Char will come to regret his demand binotto be removed. I hope next team principal will let them race. If not, Carlos should go to Red Bull with Max. Max and Carlos only drivers with zero points on their license. Neither are crybabies. They just want to race.
Binotto muscled his way in, and I still believe he was partly responsible for Vettel not winning the title. He expected the engine to give Ferrari a huge advantage but the FIA caught him. 2022 saw how he was hesitant to change, at the cost of repeated errors. It is likely that he lost support of Leclerc, and there was pressure on him making changes he did not want to.
First. This is why the race is successful. Speed and quality of production. Second. I never understood why Ferrari were so awful under binotto. He's an engine guy in a chassis era. Makes some sense now if not all of it
I belive so. Binotto & Ferrari equals to doom. Really.
binotto a engineer he isnt a team boss material, more of a adrian newey type guy. this is like if red bull gave adrian newey the team boss role,
i think binotto being an engineer is one of the reasons why things went wrong, this is just speculation but i’d imagine he made a lot of excuses for the engineering department despite the poor reliability instead of actually looking into the problem
I think he should have left when he said that the team was NOT competing for the championship at the begin of the season. Imagine the message that sends to staff, fans and the drivers. The Race were spot on when they said that Merc and Red Bull won’t offer an opportunity to Ferrari to win, like they did this year.
If Ferrari wins next season, half of the credit should be given to Binotto as he was vital in the last 4 years bringing up Ferrari from the ground up again.
He was vital in bringing Ferrari down to the ground as well
he was the one that put them in the ground
he did nothing to improve the team!
Hahahaha! They’re not going to win next year.
@@Petidani0330 how the hell is p2 in both championships from p6 just 2 years ago 'to the ground'. if it was any other team, everyone would be applauding them. just because they had bad strategy this year doesn't take away all the other good stuff they have done including building the best engine, a fast chassis and getting 2 talented drivers in.
I'm not a Ferrari fan by any means (far from it actually) but Binotto was a breath of fresh air for the F1 team. They were always famous for secrecy and being tight lipped but under his management the team was more open and relatable I think.
He probably went to sign his contract but tapped the "do not consent" button by mistake.
I think people do underrate him despite what happens on track, like think of it only 2 years ago were they 6th, then last year he managed to get third while everyone said it was near impossible cause of 2020 and this year, while they couldn’t maintain it, they had a real battle for the championship until red bull started taking them by storm, so I’m not sure if this is the best call but generally the whole of Ferrari needs to get better
would be hilarious to see Guenther Steiner get a go at the top job
He will foksmash many things
Oh please yes! Lol Netflix would be thrilled with that!
Actually, Haas could really benefit from Binotto
Don’t know why this is “Hilarious” he’s a fookin legend. And he’ll give leclerc plenty of doors to smash.
Binotto and Leclerc relationship for sure had something to do with that
Especially with Fred expecting to take the role of TP. Charles will be the clear number one driver.
The issues were more frequent than not in the team. Too many wrong calls cost them positions and points. The result had to be a change at the top. Fresh outlook is required with a new approach of how the team should be run and how strategic decision mid race should be made. Am I sad to see him go? Yes, but I won't miss the indecision that plagued the team this year. It cost them races, pure and simple.
I doubt it has much to do with Binotto, more than some other figures in their team. Not to mention their structural hierarchy which seems far from optimal.
TDIT, Binotto should've never become Ferrari's team principal. Binotto seemingly a doom for Ferrari.
@@purwantiallan5089 iñaki being replaced should’ve been a higher priority.
@@allenvrabac4827 yes but people in the team especially the strategists made so many errors yet he did nothing about it as far as we know, he even refused to acknowledge mistakes made by the team. He may not be directly responsible for the strategic mistakes but how do you not get rid of Rueda after so many blunders, he refused to take action which is why he’s gone. I’ve never seen someone fail so badly at their job and not lose their job than Rueda. I had hoped he’d stay as a engineer and that he would not leave only get stripped of his TP role.
@@nickpressas8023 Agree with the no self critique outlook, that’s not healthy. I seriously believe that Ferrari still has favour based culture where say Rueda is staying regardless what Binotto thinks, because it’s about the higher ups and who they place in what position. True italian mafioso style.
Damn, I think there will be no 3 way battle for next year.
Aaron, i hope 2023 could be a battle between RB vs Merc vs McLaren.
@@purwantiallan5089 that is if mclaren can build a good car, because alpine is beating them
Redbull will run away with it again if Mercs don’t solve their issues in time.
Such a huge shame. The most promising and inspirational principal they have had in years - he came SO close to acheiving success - and within the rules.
2019 seem's to be the blind spot of the Ferrari Fans
@@kleini3 Right?
‘And within the rules’ tell us you’re a crying salty lulu fan without telling us you’re a crying salty lulu fan 😂😂😂😂
Yes, agreed. Getting rid of someone who created the second best car is the easy bit. Finding someone better is impossible - given that Newey doesn't need more money and likes living in England.
where was he close? lmao close to what? Arivabenne was the closest
To be or Binotto, that is the question
😂
Clutching defeat from the jaws of victory. Binotto
It's amazing. The Race's video addressing the rumors of Binotto's upcoming sacking was one of the few times that I'd heard this channel give him a cautious vote of confidence, so of course he was out in a week or so.
Tbh Ferrari is gonna miss him, he might be a bad manager but he was the best engine designer in the Formula 1 Paddock
Lanzhu Zhong also gonna miss Binotto. Ren Hazuki and Kanon Shibuya also gonna miss him.
Rory Byrne worked on the F1-75 and his contract was renewed for 3 more years.
Huh, Christian Horner has been doing this for 17 years?
No wonder all my F1 memories somehow include him, despite his awesome name! 😁
Because he had a scapegoat in Renault, whose engines weren't up to the task. Otherwise, if other teams were running away with wins while using Renault engines, he would have been gone after winning 4 straight with Vettel 10-13 and then stinking up the track for the next few years.
to be honest thats really unfortunate ....he is the guy who made Ferrari a front running team,,,,,
Brought it back to being a front running team after his illegal engine design yes.
@@orio_3 I am talking about this year and last years progress too and also played a very good part in removing sebastian vettel
@@sumitblogs15 he didn't actually, Elkann got rid of Vettel.
@@orio_3 Lmao. As if Ferrari's failures were caused by Vettel. Ferrari's strategy team is why Vettel never got a title with them, just like how Leclerc will never have one unless they shake up the strategy department
@@halofreak1990 it was the other guy that said it was good that Vettel went, not me. Calm down fanboy.
The main thing Binotto needed to do was reform the strategy department (Mekies and Rueda). Why did he not do this?
They need to get rid of the strategy guy as well. I think and English or German needs to be in charge now.
Binotto's only failure was being too nice I think, if he had managed the mistakes properly even this season might have gone differently.
Understood. We are checking. We will get back to you.
@@emmanueljoseph2520 meaning what?
@@christo6142 It's a joke!
@@TassieLorenzo I think it will end up being Fred from Alfa but not sure he’s right.
Maybe someone like Andreas Seidel.
@@christo6142 It is rumoured that Seidl already refused the Ferrari position, he prefers the more stable (more permanent?) McLaren position.
I don’t think he’s the one should be quitting. Changing the top guy only make the team more unstable, even he may not be the best guy in the role. They just need a little bit more in every aspect, not a complete rebuild. But if they need change, maybe someone not Italian to be in charge could do them good.
Stable leadership is the secret behind Mercedes & Redbull's success, I was hoping Mattia would be Ferrari's. Nothing has been like Jean Todt's 1993-2007 run with the team
The system you just said they left to be more consistent is a total contradiction. Arrivabene had them more competitive than ever with 2 "near misses" and they fired him and got worse as a result. Keeping him on would have been akin to being more "patient". Binotto is and always was an engineer, he was never team manager material and I was never a fan of his. For a guy that's an engine guy also his engines are notoriously unreliable as well. It was time for a change.
“Offered his Resignation” 😂
In over seventy years of racing, Ferrari has only had two team principals last more then a few years and only ONE team principal who wasn't Italian, Jean Todt.
It almost seems like the teams dedication to their Italian heritage has had more of a negative impact or it's just an absolutely massive coincidence that their most successful era in the sport came about when they were being led by a Frenchman, having their cars designed by a Brit and driven by a German lol.
Todt joined in 1993 but Ferrari were already planning to fire Todt in 1996, it was averted thankfully.
well done. excellent summary. I appreciate the facts, and the lack of "click bait" so common on some of your peers sites. keep it up
Maurizio Arrivabene (somewhere in Italy, with an espresso in his hand):
*Laughs maniacally*
Turin. He's in Turin. After getting sacked by the Scuderia, he moved to the other Agnelli family-controlled sports team: Juventus.
Although if you want to get conspiratorial about it; he (and the rest of the Juventus board) have just resigned, and Arrivabene is understood to only stay on as a caretaker until a replacement is appointed.
never saw Binnotto as a leader type, always saw him as a brilliant engineer, rather than team principal.
even assumed his role ankince after Arrivabenne left was only an interim one at the time
He never looked comfortable in that role as well.
@@tonyg3091 i belive so.
@@tonyg3091 He threatened he would quit if he didn't become TP after Arrivabene.
@@icedviking4485 Didn’t know that. He is just not cut for this job.
@@tonyg3091 Not at all. He's a great engineer, but not much of a leader.
Good for Binotto. Better to choose your exit than be forced.
Binotto's place of expertise has always been in the engine plant, not the pit strategy wall. The number of tactical blunders and the fact that he refused to own up to them clearly frustrated the drivers, most notably Carlos Sainz Jr., Who overruled the pit wall on more than one occasion this year.
CTO role requirements are so different from Team Principal requirements... it is similar in other corporations. Highly-skilled people in one area of a business are not always good leaders, let alone CEO. Binotto should not have been named Principal in the first place. I really hope Ferrari finds its way back to a successful, inspiring team.
and they said Leclerc cant call the shots 😎
There are 2 reasons why Binnotto left Ferrari:
1) He failed to establish driver hierarchy which forced the team drivers and their teams to drive against each other instead of against their rivals.
This has caused HUGE internal strife.
On one side, Leclercs team was adamant that Leclerc is the faster driver and that the car development and strategies should move forward in his favor.
On the other side, Sainz team was pressuring to give more time to Sainz to get accustomed to the car and for the car development to go in his favor because he has more experience in F1 car development.
Binotto failed to take the decision to back Leclerc up when he was leading the championship and Sainz was way behind.
And as the season went on he kept assuring people that when the time comes he will appoint a No1 driver but he never did right up to the very end.
This shows a lack of determination to lead the team which has caused many problems between his 2 drivers and their teams. Problems which could have been solved easily if he would simply give the orders that were needed.
2) The second reason was his inability to actually solved organizational problems especially about his strategy team and the communications between the 2 driver teams.
First of all, the strategy team was, to the lack of better word, completely inadequate to fulfill their duties. Race after race, the team continued to always make the wrong decisions and even made some decisions that were so wrong, that they became the laughing stock of the paddock. And even when the strategy team somehow managed to take good decisions, the rivalry between the 2 drivers, the bad communication between the teams and the lack of leadership from Binotto, caused the strategies of the 2 drivers to be conflicting instead of part of a larger strategy for the good of the team.
Binnoto failed to take those actions that could have made the strategy team better by either removing members of it or bringing in new blood and also failed to take the lead and upon him to prioritize a driver, even at race by race , which cause conflicting strategies and ultimately bad results for the team both in points and in the relationship between them.
So you see, Binotto is a great engineer but he lack leadership. That's the problem here.
Interesting points. Thank you for sharing!
Fair enough, but these are all relatively minor points and not worth sacking the TP over. For whatever reason, Santander and Sainz Jr & Sr have a lot of political power, so the car did indeed get developed to more understeer. Regardless, the team has shown steady improvement.
The tradition in Ferrari is that Bosses get their own drivers. Like Todt got Michael and Kimi, Stefano got Alonso, Arrivebene got Seb (actually it was Mitias or something) and Kimi, Binotto got Lerclerc and Sainz. Now, it'd be interesting to see who the new boss with bring. The tradition is to change the previous boss driver line up in Ferrari.
It was not Binotto who got Leclerc, it was Sergio Marchionne . Binotto did get Sainz though.
I reckon they will do a straight swap binnoto for versuer I don't see him being ousted entirely as he is still a good team principal to a degree with loads of expirence and maybe with a lesser pressure team like alfa romeo he might make it work
I think they should choose the next team principle on the strength of how good they look in a suit.
Other team better swarm over this man for technical role
Binotto wasn't good as Team Princiapal. But this constant change is the real issue with Ferrari. After the Michael-Ross-Jean era ended theyve had so many changes. Absolutely no consistency. On the other hand look at the likes of RedBull or even Mercedes. The key members have been part of the team for a very long time.
And I for the life of me couldn't understand why they sacked Arrivabene. The guy literally led the t3am to 2 great seasons in 2017/18.
Quitting to avoid the ‘shame’ of getting dropped (Ie what he deserved) and probably gets a better compensation etc.
The real question is are there any changes to the strategy team?
Adam Troy, i belive Ferrari already done this right by firing SBINOTTO.
Oh mate, I agree as well. He Had to go. But I also know CEO aren’t the ones on the day making the incompetent calls costing the team wins etc. yes responsible at the end of the day to create the right culture, hire the right people and hold them to account etc but not the one making repeat mistakes.
thought he’d get one more year. Or maybe move back to a tech role. Just too many team related issues this year and that has to fall on the man at the top. I will say if Ferrari’s engine strategy works out over the next few years, Mattia will get his flowers from me lol. That’s why I thought he’d probably get one more season.
One more year only made them even worse.
@@purwantiallan5089 not rlly, this is the man who brought them from the horrible 2020 season back into the top 2
@@purwantiallan5089one year binotto took the team from crap car to a solid midfielder. one more year, he took that midfielder to the top. he did well
You'd have to wonder why Elkan is seen as immune from blame, he's never come across very well in anything I've ever seen about him and surely if the jewel in the crown of the company is failing then he has to pick up some of the slack, just like Binotto has for failings that were ultimately not his alone.
Personally for me was when they had a car to win the championship & Binotto's attitude was not to fight for it, that right there should've told you everything you needed to know about how the team was being managed. As a team principal being on pace with Redbull & ahead of Mercedes, I would absolutely be fighting for the championship full force. I would've started moving pieces as soon as the team started making mistakes. I would put absolute pressure for the drivers to perfom every weekend. Just my take. They were weak to begin with, mechanical they were on top, attitude was in the mud.
4:41, no this was brought in effectively, too effectively, it's why no one was criticised for many mistakes.
He might have been born in Switzerland, but Binotto really showed his Italian side with those terrible Ferrari performances!
also Inaki Rueda. Probably the real reason Ferrari trackside race strategy has been absolute garbage.
But why is Vasseur considered as new team principal? I don't know much about him, like has he ever battled for a championship with a team in any category multiple times? What kind of technical figure is he?
A team manager doesn't need to be too technical. He needs to be able to manage a team.
"But why is Vasseur considered as new team principal?" It seems only because Vasseur is politically aligned with Leclerc, there doesn't seem to be any other reason.
it is a shame. however, even though there were tensions in the team, looks like binotto didn't like that and fled. the main problem is that the very top keeps changing with having quite a few chairmen in a few years
Get the band back together. Return of Ross Brawn & Jean Todt 😂
It's no massive surprise really is it? We've been expecting this since mid-summer.
Hmm, kinda like on the race weekends they just like to over complicate things and not be patient. Also it seems like a lot of micro management is a thing to!
This is a weird development. If someone had told us in 2021 that Ferrari is going to be a race-winning team and 2nd in both championships in 2022, it would have been hard to convince anyone that it's anything but a resounding success. And yet it's viewed as a failure.
Just goes to show that "success" is all about managing expectations.
Binotto should continue working as Engineer for Ferrari rather than going to a different team for the same role
SBinotto.
Binotto is running the team well, a Brawn/Binotto duo would be perfect.
That's already happened in the past during Michael era.
I love how rumors usually turn out to be true in this sport
Almost always, lol
Lol I remember when there were rumours of Fernando going to Aston Martin and I didn’t believe them. Then it became a reality😂
In football, there is player coach. I don see why not for Formula 1, Leclare also can be team principle and driver.
I actually liked Binotto he was a good man one of the hardest job in the world running the Ferrari formula one team & Ferrari itself as a company I wish them future success
Passion only gets you so far. At least the man had integrity and fell on his sword, metaphorically.
The usual cliches...
Don't rush with the hiring if they are so late already. Just select a person internally to be the Acting-TP for the time being and nail the hiring as and when you find that right person.
Alex Fu, i belive so.
You hear it time and again, explicitly or otherwise, from non-Italians that have exited Ferrari... "Ferrari = Chaos" (Maybe what we know as 'chaos' in the English language translates to 'passion' in Italian?) This just makes what Ross Brawn was able to accomplish during his tenure all the more impressive.
And there goes the 2023 title challenge. They needed stability atleast till 2026 gain trust build on learnings through the season.
Ironing out all the wrinkles in a large organization like an F1 team takes time and alot of work.
One change won't fix things.
4 Team Principals since 2014 at the Scuderia. The instability there is not good for the team strategically.
Meanwhile, Toto and Horner show what stability in a team can achieve.
Oh how Ferrari must yearn to have the Todd and Brawn days back again.
In the late 90’s they had a fundamentally slower car than the mclaren of Hakinnen and coulthard but we’re very very close to championships through ruthlessly excellent teamwork and strategy execution.
The problem with Ferrari is their utter inability to admit their mistakes and the complete detachment from reality they show sometimes. When Binotto said something along the lines of "the objective wasn't to win the championship but rather to be competitive" after throwing away some wins, I completely lost it. It makes no sense
He does not have the sense of leadership and competitiveness.
Ferrari should bring Nico Rosberg as the team principal.
7:10 this is what Tifosi and Ferrari need to listen. Under Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Schumi, Ferrari doesn't straight getting the championship even with competitive/fastest car. They need to wait til 2000 for their championship streak.
Anyway, make Binotto out of the Ferrari imo is bad idea. Imo, either replace the strategist or move him to engineering department
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That was a surprise ... and not . . .
Ferrari is definitely at a crisis now and have only themselves to thank for it.
After presenting the "ejection-seat" to Seidl and Horner who both refused, Mattia looked elsewhere.
That makes me so curious where he will end up AND who could held their lips sealed (Toto - replacement Andy Cowell?)
Ferrari at the meantime need to look at their approach on that leaderschip, so the real question is:
Do they need an "eject-seat" team principle (Vasseur?) or instead a manager who can lead the team to the ultimate price?
Patience will always be a big ask with the tifosi and Italian press all over them.
Having said that, change is needed and that takes bold and hard decisions... and stick by them.
The car was competitive whole season esspecially in the qualifying sessions, okay there was way too much technical and strategic issues but to be honest the Ferrari drivers where also way behind in setting consistent race pace than Red Bull and merc drivers. I believe if Lewis or even Fernando was behind the steer of this Ferrari things could be different. Esspecially Carlos should come much stronger for the next season.
You 're right in saying he never "pointed the finger" or blamed anyone specific for Ferrari (let's call it) shortcomings in the last few seasons, but he never took responsibility for them either, which is what the guy in charge should do. And given his mantra "we are trying to understand what happen", he ( and some in the team) have not been able to learn from the mistakes that were made (personally, I don't think Leclerc is blameless on this front either).
they made such good progress, especially with the mentioned stabillity in the team. now their gonna fall back to third next year at least, if merc doesn't drop the ball again.
I probably would have given him another year. From the engine debacle thru the 2022 season there was steady improvement. But it was fairly obvious there was tension between him and Leclerc. Once that happened and it never seemed to really be resolved, the writing was on the wall for Mattia.
It was pretty obvious Ferrari knew things couldn’t carry on like this. Since Mattia was TP, he was responsible for the mistakes that were made even if he wasn’t directly involved in it.
it’s so sad to see this team self destruct every time
Above Scuderia Ferrari, there's Ferrari, then above that there's Fiat-Chrysler.
Ross Brawn
he is a fucking legend of the sport now
If ferrari can bring him back, just to sort their team structure and chain of operations will be extremely beneficial.
Then get a team principal who can maintain and improve upon the system rather than letting the system slowly die out
Ross has already officially dismissed those rumours! He will retire!
@@supmikpaddleboarding5871 Ahh man that sucks. Ferrari and stability is like oil and water now
Whoever is replacing Binotto, I hope they reform the entire strategy team and improve communication between pitwall and drivers.
There are rumours that Binotto already has 4 job offers with at least 1 at a top team. Do we know who these teams are and if they're roles as the team principle or a step back into being head of the technical department?
It's unfortunate he's moving on. It's the strategists who decide when to pit, what tires to use etc. But at the end of the day the buck stops with the Principal. And I agree Merc is looking like a serious threat for next year. Ferrari can't afford to make so many mistakes.
And this won't help the culture of fear. The culture of fear was what he was trying to get rid of.
And you know what the fans have to take some blame.
The childish reactions to the mistakes was ridiculous.
I agree with the part re: Let the Team do their thing. The board need to manage shareholders not the racing staff.
Oh shoot, I thought he was Re-Signed as team principal 😂.
Ferrari number 1 in the championship
Binotto: we are not competing for the championship
This move was overdue, Binotto never seemed like he had a clue or that he was competent enough.
Its stefano domenicali all over again. Just when they are closest to success the highest ranking guy gets fired heads roll chaos in the team aaaand back to poorer results.
The real problem are the chairmen.
@8:10 why did hi point his finger at Charles in Silverstone then?
If the decision remains as it is and they have a competitive car next year, i want to see what they will do to fill binottos gap, because who can be one with the team in such a sort time to communicate in the right way with them. See Williams, successful figure brought in and they still fight in the back, but no one argues. Binotto brought sainz in the team and he served well this year as second driver because he was far away from verstappen in points, next season maybe the story wont be that calm, and i would love to see Ferrari fail because of their own decisions, not keeping binotto, like they did in the past decade. Even if it is trust issues, you talk them out and figure a solution towards success.