Mattia Binotto’s departure as Ferrari F1 team principal officially confirmed

He will leave the job on December 31st, and will be replaced in the new year, after a 2022 season in which the Italian outfit failed to end their long wait for F1 world champions🌳hip success.
“With the regret that this entails, I have decided to conclude my collaboration with Ferrari," Binotto said. "I am leaving a company that I love, wh♊ich I have been part of for 28 years, with the serenity that comes from the convinction that I have made every effort to achieve the objectives set.
"I leave a united and growing team. A strong team, ready, I’m sure, to achieve the highest goals꧙, to which I wish all the best for the future. I think it is right to take this step at this time as hard as this decision has been for me. I would like to thank all th🎀e people at the Gestione Sportiva who have shared this journey with me, made up of difficulties but also of great satisfaction.”
Benedetto Vigna commented: “I would like to thank Mattia for his many great contributions over 28 years with Ferrari and particularly for leading the team back to a position of competitiveness during this past year. As a result, we are in a strong position to renew our challenge, above all for our amazing fans around thꦑe world, to win the ultimate prize in motorsport. Everyone here at the Scuderia a🌞nd in the wider Ferrari community wishes Mattia well for the future.”
Ferrari made a bright start to the campaign and led both championships after taking two wins in the opening three races, but ultimately finished a distant second in the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: F1 constructors’ standings to Red Bull.
Meanwhile, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen charged to a dominant second world championship ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, who secured runner-up spot in Binotto’s last race in charge at the sea🧸son-ending Abu Dhabi ♕Grand Prix.
Binotto’s position had been the subject of intense speculation after Ferrari’s defeat to Red Bull was accelerated🐠 by a catalogue of poor strategic calls, reliability issues and driver errors.

In the build-up to the Abu Dhabi finale, Ferrari moved to emphatically deny rumours that Binotto was to be axed over the winter, with Binotto himself insisting to reporters that he felt168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: “relaxed” over his future.
But fresh stories of Binotto’s imminent exit fromꦉ Ferrari emerged in Italian media 🧔on Friday ahead of the formal announcement.
The reports claimed a breakdown in trust between🤪 Binotto and Ferrari chairman John Elkann, as well as a desire for a change in leadership being pushed by Leclerc’s camp.
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur - Leclerc’s former boss - has been mooted as the favourite to replace Binotto at the🍌 helm of Ferrari for F1 2023.

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