In a recent interview for British daily newspaper ‘The Guardian’, Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto explained his philosophy and how he intends to bring the Maranello team back to the top:
“To identify ourselves. It is something unique, it is Ferrari, it includes all our values and everyone working at Ferrari. It’s most important that we understand it’s a unique family, a unique thing. I always say to my guys it’s more important to be Ferrari than winning because winning will be a simple consequence. If we are capable of being Ferrari and working well, winning will be the consequence. I use the example of Gilles Villeneuve as being a fantastic driver but actually he really won very little. The way he was behaving, the way he was driving, his passion made the difference,” recalled Mattia Binotto of the Ferrari legend, admired for his spirit and tenacity no matter what contraption they gave him to drive.
Throughout history there have been several moments when things did not go well for the sport’s most successful Formula One team on track, and many times it got pretty hectic off it as the blame game went into full swing, which led to many people in key roles being removed from their position.
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But hat culture is changing, as explained by Mattia Binotto:
“It’s not by sacking people that you make a car go faster. It’s something on which we have worked very hard and we are still working very hard because it is the worst that may happen. If you fear being blamed you are not progressing so it is something, a behaviour, a culture, we are trying to address. At times of such difficulties in 2020 the team being united, no blame internally, no criticism but working together trying to react was something I was very happy with,” he explained, regarding one of Scuderia Ferrari’s most difficult seasons in the Maranello team’s great history.
The most glorious of which was the incredible succession of titles won by Scuderian Ferrari two decades ago during the Jean Todt era, with Michael Schumacher delivering incredible results and performances for the Italian side. Yet we should all remember that it took five years for the Dream Team to achieve such results.
But Mattia Binotto, who was a Test Engine Engineer for the Scuderia in those times, feels Ferrari will soon get back to the top: “There are similarities with now. It was a long time since Ferrari had won in 1995 and Jean Todt was building the foundations for the future to set up a winning cycle, employing young engineers. Twenty-five years later we are in a similar position. I have been lucky to work with these guys, Jean Todt, Michael Schumacher, who was a leader not only in the car but outside the cockpit, Ross Brawn, Stefano Domenicali… There were plenty of people at the time setting really good examples which are very useful to me today.” – he concluded.
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