https://f1i.com/news/430772-ferraris...dt-return.html
Well, it says that Elkann wanted him and he changed his mind.
https://f1i.com/news/430772-ferraris...dt-return.html
Well, it says that Elkann wanted him and he changed his mind.
I am happy that this Binotto era is over. Many here is saying that he is great with this and that, but first BinottoFerrari was (almost) worst ever build in Maranello.
Binotto was a big catastrophe and now Ferrari can start build new team again, we do a have a good drivers.
It is just Karma, how did he get his job and results followed.
If I could've chosen one I'd gone for Rueda out before Binotto, but hopefully this means the replacement will finish that job. That and an actual red car would make it a good Christmas haul. The only reason Binotto hung on for so long was that Leclerc managed to score close to 20 poles in these inferior tyre-munching aero-deficient cars in the past four years. In a DRS-free refuelling F1, it would've been good enough to fight for the '19 and '22 titles but in the endurance DRS game Binotto's reign produced sitting ducks.
The team just step back a few years with this decision. Binnoto was not perfect, but brought stability to the team, raising innovation on the engineering side by giving freedom of thinking out the box to SF Engineers, and although the engine is not as reliable as we need it, the power is there and apparently is not yet fully unleashed. Problem with Ferrari is the political wars within the team, the constant struggle for power and the need of Elkhan to try to take some credit of (possible) future success. This team is ruled by egos, not by brains. Todt took 6 years to bring the team to success with people like Rory Birne, Ross Braun , Mattia and Schumacher. With Mattia, we were going steadily uphill, but now I think we are going downhill again. For those who praise Binnoto leaving, you will probably regretting it if we are not competitive in terms of strategy making. But remember this: if we have a strong car in 2023, it will be because of Binnoto's work. With Binnoto departure, we may sorted out strategy wise, but just brought more pressure and instability to the team. And possibly hurt the team development in the future. How come some say that our car is bad, when we where the only ones to follow a specific aero design, that everybody said it was a flop, and in fact it was not? People in here think results come fast, but it takes years to get where RB is, and they are one of the most stable teams on the grid ...
If we have a good car 2023, the reason will be a great team effort. Binotto was a part of this, but Ferrari has great engineers. We lacked accountability, and you don’t see this with RB. We weren’t able to develop our car, and there will be changes to our philosophy. Todt did what needed to be done, backing your No.1 driver at all cost. RB does the same, Binotto didn’t.
True, but who managed to create an environment inside the team that the great engineers we have could show their potential? Does anyone believe that grilling engineers and team leaders will do anything good? And regarding accountability, Charles has referred that it was being done, but internally, behind closed doors. But that doesn't sell newspapers...
Sweet jesus ...
If one can acknowledge the simple truth that Binotto was not a good TP (ergo a new TP needed to be put in his shoes) then one needs to acknowledge that Binotto would never return to a previous post so the writing was on the wall.
So the question to be answered to the nay sayers of this is, would it be better for Ferrari to go yet another year like in 2022 , with (probably) a very fast car at the beginning which will gradually lose pace as time goes by and the worst pit crew from the three top teams , whereas our TP will make us look idiots by saying "everything is perfect, we made the right choices", while at the same time Leclerc finally gets started on Valium,
OR
Ferrari instigates change, gets a TP that actually is .. A TP , and gets a technical director who is a TD, breaks the bank and changes things around at the pit wall and finally starts to work things around towards improving things that for Binotto were ... well, fine but for everyone else were pathetic?
When you have a clear answer , then you know why Binotto had to go.
"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari" - Gilles Villeneuve
All TP's since Todt-Brawn were given the job for idiotic reasons. Arrivabene never had any business being a TP, Domenicalli and Binotto were promoted simply because they had been with the team for a long time.
When Vettel was signed by Ferrari, they should've done everything possible to bring Horner along with him, just as Brawn came with Schumi.
It could be, like I said, someone keeps picking the wrong people to be TPs
I understand promoting from within, but you have to really investigate your staff to see if they are capable of doing the job. Promoting from within just for the sake of it can lead to ruin. Sometimes you have to bring in outside talent.
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
Binotto is without a doubt the worst Ferrari TP of my life. Got caught with his pants down on technical directives twice, the fuel scandal that drug Ferrari through the mud, crappy in season development, strategy that made Ferrari the butt of jokes around the world. On and on it goes.
He's the worst and deserved to go.
Newey would never move to Italy, so there's that.
Horner, Toto, and Seidli have total control over their race teams without any meddling from upper management. They have the freedom to craft what policies they believe are necessary to win, as well hire and fire people at their will. Todt and Brawn were this way as well. They demanded total control before they accepted their jobs at Ferrari. Hell, Brawn was the same way at Benetton, Honda, and Mercedes, and the results speak for themselves.
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