After the 2018 Formula 1 season, a major shake-up at Ferrari was expected after initial reports in Italy of a management restructure emerged and the Scuderia then confirmed Maurizio Arrivabene had been replaced as Team Principal by Mattia Binotto, who stepped up from his role as Technical Director.
The Arrivabene era began on 24 November 2014 at the end of a complicated season for the Maranello team marked by the end of the relationship with Fernando Alonso in a debut of the turbo-hybrid era that was far below expectations for Ferrari. In addition to the arrival of Arrivabene, the Maranello team also changed President after 2014, from Luca Cordero di Montezemolo to Sergio Marchionne. Sebastian Vettel had became the benchmark behind the wheel after the four titles he won for Red Bull, but Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel were able to fight for the titles only in 2017 and 2018.
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On January 7, 2019, the role of team principal officially passed from Maurizio Arrivabene to Mattia Binotto, who assumed the dual position of technical director and team principal. Until now, the three-year period by Mattia Binotto is marked by choices that have proved to be spot on at the level of drivers, given that Charles Leclerc – already officially promoted in mid-2018 with Arrivabene at the pit wall – was joined by Carlos Sainz, whose performance in this 2021 was so far positive. The big test will be 2022, the season on which Ferrari has staked all its chips in conjunction with a regulatory change that the Maranello team wants to take advantage of and return to fighting at the top in F1.
Interviewed by People magazine, Scuderia Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto said he feels comfortable in the role of leader: “If I see myself as a leader? I think yes. Since I was very young, even when I was playing football, I was the captain of the team. The role of a leader has therefore always been one with which I felt at ease. I don’t think I was a great football player and I don’t think I’m a great engineer, but I think I can help Ferrari from a leadership point of view. I think the most appropriate comparison is that of an orchestra conductor. I am not the one who plays every single instrument, but I am the one who gives the opportunity to everyone to express their potential to the fullest, not as individuals, but as a team.” – Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto concluded.
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