A lot of personalities inside and outside the Formula 1 paddock wanted to share their thoughts and defend Mattia Binotto who officially resigned as Ferrari Team Principal last week.
Overall, opinions about the Italian manager were and still are divided between those who would have liked him to continue as the head of the Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Division and those who instead agree with this decision, preferring a change at the top of the management after a rather disappointing 2022 Formula One season.
Among those who would have liked to see Mattia Binotto remain as Ferrari team principal there is Cesare Fiorio. The current TV commentator, who in he debuted as sporting director of Ferrari, with the hard task of making the team competitive again after some disappointing seasons in the mid-1980s, has in fact expressed a positive opinion on the work of the Italian-Swiss engineer.
Cesare Fiorio has always underlined the excellent 2022 technical project, pointing out how Mattia Binotto was improving his results season after season. Asked about Frederic Vasseur, who will most likely become the next Ferrari team principal, Cesare Fiorio recognized his merits especially regarding his performance and victories in the lower motorsport series.
Interviewed by Autosprint, Cesare Fiorio said:
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“I have a positive opinion of Mattia Binotto and I think he should have stayed. With the F1-75, he put a competitive car on the track. He is a very good engineer, but as a team principal he still needed experience. But I think he was doing better and better. I would have found a way to keep Mattia Binotto in the team. On a technical level he has really achieved his goals. The newspapers said he did not want to stay and work in the technical area. But I don’t think he turned down the job. He could have done the job well. Frederic Vasseur has been successful in other categories, he has a good track record.” – the former sporting director of Ferrari concluded.
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