Ferrari CEO: Binotto role not under threat despite dismal F1 campaign

Ferrari F1 team principal Mattia Binotto is not at risk of losing his job, according to Ferrari chiefs, despite presiding over one of the worst season's in the Italian marque's illustrious history
Ferrari CEO: Binotto role not under threat despite dismal F1 campaign

Ferrari CEO Louis Camiꦦlleri says he has "every confidence" in team boss Mattia Binotto despite the team’s poor start to the 2020 Formula 1 season.

Ferrari h🦩as endured one of its worst seasons in decades with the Scuderia currently placed sixth in the constructors’ championship.

It saw both of its cars fail to make Q3 at its home race at Monza before Sebastian V🅰ettel and Charles Leclerc✤ failed to finish Sunday’s race.

 

 

🉐Despite its poor form, Camilleri insists he has no intention to replace Binotto and has stressed the need for "stability".

"I have to say I have every confidence in M🐓attia Binotto and his team,"꧙ Camilleri told the New York Times. "The results aren't there to prove what I'm saying, but these things take time.

"Regretfully ꦰin the past, there has been too much pressure and a history of people being let go. There was somewhat of a revolving-door atmosphere, and I'm putting a stop to that.

"What we ne♊ed is stability and focus. If you look at Red Bull's period of winning championships, Mercedes today, other than talent, one of the key things they had was stability, and that's someth😼ing frankly our team has been lacking."

Camilleri cited Ferrari’s decisions in t♉he mid-1990s, where it signed Michael Schumacher alongside Jean Todt and Ross Brawn, and the years it required for the team to return to the top.

"If I look back at the ca🍌libre of Jean Todt, Michael Schumacher, Ross Brawn [technical director at the time] and all those guys, it took them six years to get to what they ultimate🍷ly became -- this phenomenal winning team," he added.

"So I want to ensure that stability remains♒ in place, despite the unbelievable pressure there is on the team, particularly from the Italian mediꩵa, who are quite brutal at times, calling for heads to roll, but that's not the solution.

"This doesn't mean, however, that we won't consider inje🥀cting additional skills and resources into the existing team."

Ref♛lecting on his own future, Binotto admitted himself that he questioned whether he was the right maಌn to lead F1’s most successful team.

"Honestly never, because I know I have the support of my managers,’’ Binotto said in an interview with Cor𓂃riere della Sera.

"But I questioned myself. I thought about whether I was suitable ﷺfor the role of team principal."

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