Mattia Binotto offers his resignation as Ferrari team principal after losing the confidence of Charles Leclerc... with Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur expected to replace him
• Mattia Binotto has offered to step down as team principal of Ferrari
• Ferrari had a mixed season, winning just four races throughout the campaign
• Binotto has lost the confidence of the team's number one driver Charles Leclerc
• Alfa Romeo chief Fred Vasseur is expected to replace Binotto at Ferrari
Published: 07:03, 26 November 2022
By Jonathan McEvoy for the Daily Mail

Mattia Binotto has offered his resignation as team principal of Ferrari. In truth, if his departure is confirmed, it will be a case of being pushed rather than jumping after a mixed season, but one in which he lost the confidence of key players, including No 1 driver Charles Leclerc and chairman John Elkann. Binotto is expected to be replaced by Alfa Romeo boss, Fred Vasseur, a 54-year-old Frenchman who ran Leclerc in his junior career.

Binotto, 53, a Ferrari lifer since leaving university, is paying the price for failing to capitalise on the car's early-season pace. A number of strategy bloopers undermined the team, as well as driver error. Leclerc finished a distant second in the standings behind Max Verstappen, picking up just three wins all season.

This could have potentially been more, especially after he won two of the opening three races of the campaign. However, some dubious calls from the Ferrari pit-wall appeared to cost Leclerc at times.

‘Mattia Binotto offers his resignation’;

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...principal.html


Ferrari CEO Vigna “not satisfied with second place” amid rumours over Binotto
RaceFans Round-up
Posted on 26th November 2022, 0:0125th November 2022, 22:02
Written by Will Wood
RaceFans

In the round-up: Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said he wasn’t happy with the team’s performance after they ended the season second in the constructors championship. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said he wasn’t happy with the team’s performance after they ended the season second in the constructors championship and Charles Leclerc took second in the drivers’ standings. “I said it after the last quarter, I am not satisfied with second place because second is first of the losers,” Vigna told CNBC on Wednesday.

“We have made some progress. I’m happy with the progress we’ve made. I’m not happy with second place. I think the team has what it takes to improve over time.” Reports from the Italian media on Friday suggest that Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is preparing to resign from his role in the coming days. A report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera suggested that Binotto was set to announce he was resigning from role as early as yesterday. However, no such announcement was issued.

“Not satisfied with second place”;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/26/...nd-up-26-11-5/


Mattia Binotto reflects on Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari ‘failure’ and decision to axe him
Saturday 26th November 2022 7:05 AM
Jamie Woodhouse

Mattia Binotto has explained why he agrees that Sebastian Vettel failed with Ferrari, and the difficulty of the decision to let him go. Vettel left Red Bull at the end of 2014 to join Ferrari, the four-time World Champion looking to put a poor 2014 campaign behind him by re-joining the title fight with Ferrari.

Vettel’s best opportunities came and went in 2017 and 2018 though, and ahead of the 2020 campaign, he was informed that would be his last with the team. Regarding his stint at Ferrari, Vettel has previously referred to it as a failure, since he did not achieve his aim of adding another World Championship to his CV and thus put Ferrari back atop the Formula 1 mountain.

“So it has been a failure for him but it has been a failure all together as a team. He has been very close, or at least the closest he has been was ‘17 and ’18 so we had a few opportunities, but we didn’t get it and I think somehow when your final objective is to do that and if you do not achieve it, it’s a failure.” There is certainly no ill-feeling at all though between Ferrari and Vettel, Binotto confirming that Vettel, who retired from Formula 1 following the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, remains someone who is loved throughout the organisation.

‘Mattia Binotto reflects’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mattia...-ferrari-fail/


F1 rumour: Just a matter of time before Mattia Binotto leaves Ferrari
Friday 25th November 2022 11:10 AM
Mark Scott

The rumours that Ferrari have decided to part company with team boss Mattia Binotto are refusing to go away, with Corriere dello Sport reporting ‘it is a matter of hours’ before it is all done and dusted. After a season of gaffes and missed opportunities at Ferrari, there has been an increasing amount of pressure on the Scuderia to start making personnel changes to try and address the latest slump.

Recently, it was Binotto who was back in the firing line with Gazzetta dello Sport reporting that Alfa Romeo chief Frederic Vasseur was being lined up to replace him next season. That reported was strongly denied by Ferrari but, when Binotto was asked about his future by PlanetF1 during the season finale in Abu Dhabi, he could not categorically state that he would be the person to lead the team again in 2023.

“Obviously, it is not down to me to decide,” he said, when asked by PlanetF1 in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix press conference. “But I’m pretty relaxed. The reason why I’m relaxed is that I will always have open, frank and constructive discussions with my bosses, [Ferrari] chairman [John Elkann] – not only in the short term, but the medium and the long term.”

‘Just a matter of time’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-rum...-ferrari-exit/


Team boss set to replace Mattia Binotto refuses to deny Ferrari move
It is being reported that Mattia Binotto will be sacked as Ferrari's team principal imminently.
25 November 2022
by Nick Golding

Whilst it appears that the reports from last week are in fact true, Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has been tipped as the next boss of the Maranello-based team, due to his relationship with both the Scuderia and star driver Charles Leclerc. Leclerc was managed by Vasseur in 2018, when the Frenchman was the Monegasque driver’s team principal.

He was asked at the Yas Marina Circuit if the reports were true during the season finale, and it’s safe to say he didn’t deny it. “I’m not going to say anything about it, you’ll find out soon enough,” Vasseur told reporters.

Whilst he didn’t openly say that the reports were correct, his wording does suggest that Vasseur is going to become the Scuderia’s next team principal, meaning Ferrari will be gaining an extremely experienced head. Binotto has reportedly had enough of Ferrari president John Elkann, who in return is believed to be lacking in trust for the current boss.

‘You’ll find out soon enough’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/team-boss...-ferrari-move/