Ferrari Components One boss Mattia Binotto stated on Saturday he was relaxed about his future with the crew and had mentioned latest hypothesis that he was dealing with the sack with firm chairman John Elkann.
Ferrari issued a press release earlier this week dismissing as “completely with out basis” media reviews in Italy that Binotto was set to get replaced by Alfa Romeo crew boss Fred Vasseur.
Binotto stated Ferrari’s resolution to answer the reviews was made by him and Elkann collectively.
“Clearly it is not all the way down to me to resolve however I am fairly relaxed,” Binotto informed reporters on the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
“The rationale why I am relaxed is that I at all times [have] open, frank and constructive discussions with my bosses, with my chairman, not solely within the quick time period however the medium and the long run.
“When these speculations have been out, I had a chat with my chairman John Elkann.
“We mentioned brazenly what was one of the simplest ways to maneuver ahead and we determined to launch a press release was perhaps one of the simplest ways to shut any hypothesis and clearly present that hypothesis is completely with no basis.”
Ferrari, whose drivers are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, returned to competitiveness this season after two years within the doldrums.
The crew, winless in 2020 and 2021, have received 4 races this season however their early promise as title favourites fizzled out as a consequence of reliability issues, technique errors and driver errors.
Crimson Bull have received each the drivers’ and constructors’ titles, with now double world champion Max Verstappen gunning for a record-extending fifteenth race win at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi finale.
Ferrari, in the meantime, are in peril of dropping to 3rd total within the crew standings, behind Mercedes, with early-season title favorite Leclerc additionally vulnerable to falling to 3rd within the drivers’ standings behind Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez.
Binotto stated he felt Ferrari had achieved their fundamental goal, which was to get again into the combat on the entrance however he acknowledged there was room for enchancment.
“Sure, there are nonetheless a variety of issues that we have to progress, weaknesses have been proven,” he stated.
“However I am fairly positive that as we did previously, we’ll evaluation, we’ll attempt to tackle them.”