Italian Mattia Binotto will step down as director of the Ferrari Formula 1 team at the end of the year after a difficult season, the Italian team announced on Tuesday.
“Ferrari announces that it has accepted the resignation of Mattia Binotto, who will step down as team director of Scuderia Ferrari on December 31.”reads a statement from the team.
In the same note, Binotto says he has decided “with regret” to end his partnership with Ferrari, a company he says he loves and has worked for for 28 years. “everything possible to achieve the set goals”🇧🇷
“I leave behind a team that is united and growing. A strong team, willing to achieve the greatest goals, that I wish the best for the future. I believe it is right to take this step at this time, however difficult this decision is.” has been”he said.
After two seasons without triumphs, Ferrari started this season very well, with Monegasque Charles Leclerc taking two victories in the first three races.
However, some strategic errors by the team in subsequent races led to more criticism of Binotto’s leadership and a quiet world title victory by Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
Leclerc finished the championship in second place, 146 points behind Verstappen, and Spaniard Carlos Sainz was fifth, on 208.
In the Constructors’ World Championship, Ferrari finished in second place, with 554 points, 205 to champion Red Bull.
Source: DN
