who is the substitute? – Corriere.it

Ferrari and Mattia Binotto separate. The divorce has been defined in these hours according to a complex procedure, as happens when a contract is broken (expiring in 2023). Those who know John Elkann speak of a will that has been present for some time, prevailing over any consideration relating to the 2022 results. Which makes the modalities of this divorce worrying, given that a replacement has not yet been hired. Vasseur paws to arrive, the only one available, after the refusals of many candidates, from the German Seidl, McLaren team principal, to Franz Tost, head of Alpha Tauri, to Gerhard Berger, busy in completely different matters. It means that Vasseur – who would have already started the Italian lessons – is not an optimal choice, but the only practicable one. Which is not exciting, even considering the Frenchman’s curriculum vitae, fresh from a bankruptcy in Renault management, from an unexciting experience at Alfa, linked to Toto Wolff, taken by many personal interests in motorsport. Who will be asked to win, after the second places obtained this year.

it was an agony that led to a consensual separation, dotted with silences and hesitations, culminating with the denial regarding the vague arrival of Vasseur on the eve of the Abu Dhabi GP, an attitude that raises questions if we think of the weight of the Ferrari brand. Binotto leaves after 28 years of work in Maranello. Until the very end, he reaffirmed his faith in a growing team, defended in solitude when errors and uncertainties emerged. the fourth team principal who has jumped since 2014 and even those who don’t like Binotto recognize that this further turnaround could negatively affect the course of the 2023 car, developed under the direction of the outgoing team principal.

Leclerc’s role, given by many as influential, will be clarified in the future. Charles calls himself out, he knows that any inference about his responsibility risks turning into a burden. In reality we believe that Elkann has applied his own conviction, regardless of the advice, good or bad, received. Sharing the choice with the CEO Vigna, eager to assert its role. It is no coincidence that an interim appointment of Vigna himself is hypothesized, pending the formalization of Binotto’s replacement. In the meantime, given how he has taken shape, we have a new, worrying year zero at Ferrari. Net of any opinion on the work of those who leave.