Italian businessman and former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore passed judgment on Scuderia Ferrari’s decision to put both drivers, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, on equal terms heading into the 2020 Formula One season in the hope of not complicating matters through team orders, something that led to plenty of on-track squabbling between the pair in 2019:
“It’s right that Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel are on equal terms, but after five races Ferrari will have to decide who to bet on.” – Flavio Briatore explained.
Scuderia Ferrari are very much betting on Charles Leclerc as their future star driver having tied him down to a new long-term contract with the Scuderia until at least the end of the 2024 season. Sebastian Vettel, meanwhile, in the final year of his current Ferrari deal, appears to have the first few races of the season to convince the bosses that he should receive a contract extension with the Italian side.
Scuderia Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has stated his intention of planning his 2021 driver line-up from around the time the Spanish Grand Prix approaches in May: “Ferrari has the advantage that we are very popular among the drivers,” he said. “We are in a privileged situation. By the beginning of May, roughly around the race in Spain, we want to know where the journey will go in 2021.” – the Ferrari boss recently explained.
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