Ferrari president John Elkann has pledged his support for the team boss who has been under attack recently at Monza. Mattia Binotto seems to have dodged a dismissal from Scuderia Ferrari.
John Elkann, who witnessed Charles Leclerc take a surprise pole position in a Ferrari with special yellow branding at Monza, was at La Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of the Italian Grand Prix Ferrari will be repeated in 2022 After the error, he said definite improvements needed to be made.
However, Elkann added: “We have complete confidence in Mattia Binotto and are grateful to him and all the engineers for everything they have done.”
F1 legend and former Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger says the spotlight is not right on Matti Binotto.
“It’s not right to put it all on one person, but that’s exactly what happens so often at Ferrari,” Berger told Kronen Zeitung.
“On the other hand, I have to admit that last year at least Ferrari was half-hearted. This year, at least at the beginning, they had the fastest car. Binotto did it.”
“I don’t think Ferrari have the patience, but it was the same with Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher at first. Michael had to stand up for Jean and say he’ll do his best too. They were the most successful. We changed to a team that did well.”
Matti Binotto sounded relieved when asked at Monza regarding John Elkann’s words of timely support.
“We know we have the president’s support,” Mattia Binotto told Italy’s Sky Sport, also referring to John Elkann’s claims that Ferrari are aiming to win the title by 2026. commented.
“It didn’t take an article or an interview to know that, so I think it’s more an external judgment than an internal one.”
“He said by 2026, not 2026, so it might come sooner.”
“We are here to work for it.”
“If we continue to grow like we did last year, I’m sure it won’t take too long.”
