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Former Scuderia Ferrari boss and current Audi F1 CEO Mattia Binotto explains why he wouldn’t be in contention to sign Lewis Hamilton to the Maranello team – What the Italian says about Fred Wasser’s way of running the Scuderia .
Controversial Mattia Binotto, who left the Italian team at the end of 2022, left having garnered all the criticism for Ferrari’s repeated strategic mistakes in GPs, as well as the negative turn his relationship with Charles Leclerc took.
The Italian is still haunted by the famous photo from the 2022 British GP of him talking smack to Leclerc with the index finger of his right hand raised. It was at the same time that the Monegasque was opening up by speaking publicly, for the first time, about the possibility of his departure from Maranhão.
Nevertheless, Mattia Binotto in today’s (13/10) interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera, said that “I wouldn’t sign Hamilton”. He went on, however, to say that the Brit “He did very well to accept the proposal. I agree with his decision to go to Ferrari”.
The Italian explained why he himself would not choose Hamilton for the Scuderia: “OR Ferrari he had already bet on other drivers, such as Leclerc. If Charles is the talent, then the right thing for him is to steer him towards winning the title.”
Regarding the way Fred Wasser leads the Italian team, Binotto added: “I prefer to comment on what I have seen on Ferrari. Fred managed to keep the schedule going. He did not make radical changes to a structured and functional organization.
He also made his own choices, but I repeat: if the Ferrari win, I will be happy because I know the team well, as well as how much work has been done to get to a certain level”continued the Italian.
We remind you that at the time of the transition of the management of Scuderia Ferrari from Mattia Binotto to Fred Vasser, in January 2023, the head of aerodynamics David Sanchez and the technical director Enrico Cardile left Maranello.
Both reportedly fell out with Wasser, who replaced them with Diego Todi and Lic Serra respectively. Also, the Frenchman has replaced Binotto’s director of strategy, Inaki Rueda, with Rayvin Jahn. The only division that has no changes in its management is the engine division, where Enrico Gualtieri remains in charge.
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