Advisor Helmut Marko Predicts Ferrari To Take a Leaf Out of BMW’s Playbook After Mattia Binotto’s Departure: “I Can Well Imagine That…”

Mattia Binotto is out. And the revolving doors of Ferrari and its management hierarchy have spun again. The team still hasn’t publicly announced the candidates in the running to become Binotto’s successor and as such there are only speculations. But Helmut Marko apparently holds the answer to this conundrum.

Binotto led Ferrari’s failed attempt at winning the 2022 F1 World Championship. As it turned out, it was too much for him. Yesterday, it was announced that the Italian engineer has handed in his resignation. Now, the entire F1 paddock turns to Ferrari to announce their successor. But who will it be?

As per SPORT1, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko gave his two cents on the whole matter. He said, “I can well imagine that Ferrari would give the job to its own man. That’s what BMW did when they promoted Mario Theissen, a top engineer from their own ranks, to team boss when they took over Sauber in 2006.” [translated via Google Translate]

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You’d expect there’d be a long queue outside Ferrari’s Maranello-based headquarters of potential suitors who would want to take up the job, right? Well, as it turns out, there isn’t. Rather, Ferrari, in an apparent sense of desperation, made a ridiculous attempt to sign a rival team boss!

Ferrari makes a ridiculous attempt to poach Red Bull spearhead as Mattia Binotto’s replacement

Would Max Verstappen ever sign for Mercedes? Or will Lewis Hamilton switch allegiances with Red Bull? It seems impossible, right? However, Ferrari thought they’d be able to pull off a similar heist. That being said, it ended in tears.

Who did Ferrari approach to replace Binotto? Well, according to RacingNews365.com, “The word is Ferrari spoke to folk up and the down paddock – including Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, allegedly offered a package that would ensure a rather comfortable retirement – but given the churn and poisoned chalice that is Scuderia Ferrari’s top job there were no takers.”

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It would appear that there are currently not many takers for the Ferrari job. However, who do you think would suit best to take Ferrari back to the glory days of old?