Binotto admits FIA forced Ferrari to pit Leclerc
Date published: October 13 2019 Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto confirmed that the FIA did force the team to pit Charles Leclerc who had a damaged […]
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Binotto regrets 'missed opportunities' for Ferrari in 2019
Mattia Binotto says Ferrari could have won the Japanese Grand Prix if not for the bad start of both drivers, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, […]
Binotto expects to manage more Leclerc/Vettel situations
Sochi poleman Leclerc gave Vettel a tow at the start of the race and did not defend into the second corner, allowing Vettel to pass […]
Binotto: Vettel/Leclerc clashes won’t stop
Date published: October 12 2019 Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto accepts that Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc will have further controversies. The rivalry between Ferrari’s […]
Binotto sets Ferrari points target for end of 2019
Mattia Binotto has targeted topping Ferrari‘s 2018 points tally as the Scuderia gear up for the final five races of the 2019 campaign. Ferrari remain […]
Binotto downplays regrets, says they were lessons
Date published: October 9 2019 Mattia Binotto says there’s no point Ferrari regretting this year’s mistakes, rather they should use them as lessons. Although the […]
Binotto: Ferrari need perfection to win in Japan
Mattia Binotto reckons Ferrari will need to be “perfect” in every area of their performance if they are to claim pole position and then go […]
Binotto: Ferrari’s focus now mainly on 2020 car
Date published: October 8 2019 Ferrari are done with major updates for their 2019 car with team boss Mattia Binotto revealing their focus is “now […]
A “shame” to use veto says Binotto
As Brexit gets ever messier, with the country increasingly divided and the threat of the Prime Minister being sent to jail, so too does Formula […]
Binotto: Engine manufacturers not ‘converging’
Date published: October 2 2019 While Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto admits that Ferrari have a slight engine advantage, he doesn’t think the other manufacturers are […]
Binotto meets with Vettel in Maranello
Date published: October 2 2019 Sebastian Vettel was at Ferrari’s factory in Maranello on Tuesday to meet with principal Mattia Binotto, but before that he […]
Could Vettel have avoided VSC which helped Hamilton beat Leclerc? Binotto explains
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says there was no chance of Sebastian Vettel making it back to the pits and preventing the VSC period which […]
Binotto explains Ferrari’s Sochi tactics
For the second successive weekend, Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto has to explain controversial tactics that risk causing his team to implode.
Binotto details Ferrari's pre-Russian GP “deal”
Binotto confirmed that, based on what has happened in previous Sochi races, the team put its energies into finding a way to ensure that its […]
Binotto to review Ferrari’s pre-race instructions
Date published: September 29 2019 Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto, has pondered whether the team “have to be more precise” with their instructions before races. After […]
Binotto admits surprise at Leclerc's speed
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto admits he was initially surprised at just how fast Charles Leclerc was, and continues to be, in his first season […]
Binotto explains Singapore strategy
What should have been a high point of the season; it’s first 1-2 of the year, Sebastian Vettel‘s first win since Spa 2018 and a […]
Vettel's Leclerc undercut was racing, not strategy – Binotto
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto defended the timing of Sebastian Vettel‘s Singapore Grand Prix pit-stop, after it led to him undercutting Charles Leclerc and taking victory […]
Binotto: Ferrari did something special in Singapore qualifying
Mattia Binotto believes that Ferrari pulled off something “special” in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix as they found an extra gear to better Mercedes, […]
Binotto: Qualifying went better than expected
Date published: September 21 2019 Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said that Charles Leclerc’s pole in Singapore was “even better than we hoped” for. The […]
Binotto hails Ferrari’s ‘great team spirit’
Date published: September 18 2019 Life as Ferrari team principal is never easy, but Mattia Binotto says the first few months of his tenure have […]
Ferrari can win more races this season, insists Binotto
Always expected to do well in Belgium and Italy thanks to its power advantage, it came as no surprise to see Ferrari victorious in both […]
Leclerc, Vettel can add to Ferrari success in 2019 – Binotto
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc should not be ruled out of competing for race wins over the course of […]
Binotto: Ferrari can still win in 2019
Date published: September 16 2019 Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto believes there will still be opportunities for the team to win in 2019. The Scuderia claimed […]
F1 standardisation risks hurting reliability – Binotto
Binotto has been outspoken against F1’s plan to impose a budget cap to limit teams’ spending, while also restricting the areas they must design parts. […]
Binotto admits standardised parts cost fear
Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Haas team boss, Guenther Steiner, questioned whether the sport needs a budget cap while also increasing the amount of […]
Binotto tells Leclerc: All is forgiven
Date published: September 10 2019 In hot water with his boss for not sticking to the game plan in qualifying, Mattia Binotto told Charles Leclerc […]
Binotto tells Leclerc: All is forgiven
Date published: September 10 2019 In hot water with his boss for not sticking to the game plan in qualifying, Mattia Binotto told Charles Leclerc […]
Binotto explains why Leclerc was “forgiven” after Italian GP
After most of the field had missed out on their second laps in Q3 after jockeying for a tow, Vettel made it clear that qualifying […]
Binotto: Tyre choice key to Leclerc’s Italian GP win
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto reckons the team’s decision to put Charles Leclerc on hard tyres for a longer stint to the end of the race […]