Ferrari have announced the resignation of team principal Mattia Binotto following a disappointing 2022 season.
He said the team has started the process to decide on his replacement and will announce who will take over from Binotto in the new year.
“It is with deep regret that I have decided to end my association with Ferrari,” Binotto said in a statement issued by Ferrari.
“I am leaving the company I love, of which I have been a member for 28 years, with a sense of certainty [sic] I have made every effort to achieve the set goals.
“I leave a united and growing team. A strong team, ready, confident, to achieve high goals, I wish you all the best for the future.”
Binotto’s resignation comes after the 2022 season, which saw Ferrari’s strong championship run at the start of the year disappear as rivals Red Bull took over. The team was heavily criticized by fans and commentators in the motorsport media following a catalog of operational errors with the team during the season, ranging from reliability issues, driver errors by drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr., poor strategy calls and pit issues. It stops.
“I think as difficult as this decision is for me, I think it’s the right thing to do at this time,” Binto said. I would like to thank everyone who has shared with me this challenging but very satisfying journey at Gestin Sportiva.
Just two weeks ago, Ferrari dismissed reports in the Italian media about Binotto’s future at the team that Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur was set to replace him as team principal as “absolutely baseless”. Speaking ahead of last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Binotto said he discussed the reports with Elkann before issuing his statement.
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Binotto took on the role of team principal in January 2019 and has led the team over the past four seasons. In the year Its power unit.
In the year He joined the Ferrari F1 program as a test team engineer in 1995, before joining the race team in the same role. In the year In 2007, Binotto was promoted to chief engineer for races and meetings before becoming head of engine and KERS operations in 2009.
He continued to rise through Ferrari’s technical ranks, becoming deputy director of engines and electronics in 2013 and becoming chief operating officer of the team’s powertrain division. Finally, he spent two and a half years as Ferrari’s chief technical officer before being appointed team principal at the start of 2019.
In the year In 2022, Ferrari finished second in the Constructors’ Championship, 205 points behind champions Red Bull, despite only 56 adrift at the mid-season mark. The team won four races that season – three for Leclerc and one for Sainz – all of which came in the first half of the championship.
Binotto’s departure means Ferrari will head into the 2023 season with their fifth team leader in nine years, following Stefano Domenicali, Marco Mattiacci, Maurizio Arrivabene and Binotto.
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna thanked Binotto for his great contribution over 28 years with Ferrari, and in particular for his contribution in leading the team to a competitive level this year.
“As a result, we are in a strong position to renew our challenge, above all to our wonderful fans around the world, to win the ultimate prize in motorsport. Everyone here at the Scuderia and in the wider Ferrari community wishes Mattia all the best for the future.”
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