“Secretly Smiling on the Inside”: Charles Leclerc’s Emotional Adieu to ‘Father’ Mattia Binotto Splits Fans

The association between Mattia Binotto and Scuderia Ferrari has finally come to an end. After some difficult years with him being in charge, Binotto recently put forward his resignation from the Italian team. As he is about to leave the team, Ferrari’s star driver Charles Leclerc put up an emotional farewell post for his boss and the fans are divided.

What was supposed to be a breakthrough year for Ferrari didn’t turn out to be one. After debuting brilliantly in Bahrain, the Italian stable could only manage to keep P2 both in driver’s and constructors’ championships. As the year was full of disappointment and strategic failures, the Italian team boss decided it was time for him to leave the Maranello-based team.

Leclerc, who once had strong bonds with Binotto, bid farewell to the boss. Although recent reports suggest the Monegasque was not on good terms with the 53-year-old, his recent social media activity says otherwise.

Leclerc took to Instagram to share departing words with his boss. He wrote, “Thanks for everything, Matthias. We spent four very intense years together, of great satisfaction and also, inevitably, of moments that put us to the test. My esteem and respect for you have never failed, and we have always worked with all the dedication to achieve the same goals. Good luck for everything.”

Fans react as Charles Leclerc bid goodbye to Mattia Binotto

Fans reacted ambivalently as soon as the post surfaced on the internet. They took no time to let their reactions know as they saw Leclerc bidding farewell to Binotto.

Given below are some of the reactions taken from Charles Leclerc’s post’s comments section on Instagram:

“Charles secretly smiling on the inside.”

“You are winning the WDC now, letsgoo!”

“Really Charles, he might be the reason you didn’t become WDC.”

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“Finally Ferrari fans can be happy.”

“u were giggling as u typed this ik”

However, not everyone thought the same as there were some more comments talking about their bond.

“A beautiful person.”

“We all gonna miss Mattia!!”

“These words are beautiful my god.”

“his is way more wholesome than I expected”

“he always saw you as his son.”

“Mattia was like a father for Charles really!”

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Scuderia Ferrari are yet to announce the replacement for Mattia Binotto. However, two names have come forward, Ross Brawn and Frederic Vasseur for the top role at the Maranello-based team. With Ross Brawn stating retirement, is Vasseur the new team boss for Ferrari?