Under the Cosh Ferrari Following Chelsea FC’s Footsteps After Mattia Binotto’s “Football Manager-Esque” Departure

After winning two of the first three races of the year, the Prancing Horse were considered the favorite to take home the title this year. However, a number of problems in the team caused them to be surpassed by Red Bull, earning them second place in the constructor’s championship. The year that was supposed to be great ended up being the most heartbreaking one for Ferrari. Amid all this, the Maranello-based outfit also parted the Italian Engineer who had worked for the team for 28 years. Now, according to an ex-F1 driver, the Reds seem to have handled the Binotto situation in a very ‘Chelsea’ manner.

Although Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominated the year, early on Ferrari had displayed some explosive pace with their F1-75, which got some high expectations on the team. However, the team fell short of expectations because of problems like reliability, driver errors, and tactical blunders. This led to the Ferrari board losing faith in team boss Mattia Binotto, which ultimately resulted in his resignation.

In a conversation with Sky Sports, the Indian said, “Personally, I don’t necessarily think that’s the answer, It feels a bit sort of football manager-esque. There were issues on the operational side.”

Here, Karun Chandhok possibly expressed that being under pressure, Ferrari operated more like a football club, such as Chelsea F.C. According to popular belief, the team is quite goal-oriented and fires their managers if the team’s goals aren’t being met.

He added, “ If you look at it from a technical standpoint, in terms of R&D [research and development] and design, they produced a very fast car, they are the fastest car over one lap this year. But operationally, reliability wise, they have issues. And I don’t think just changing the person at the top is necessarily the answer.”

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The Red Bull team boss, Christian Horner also didn’t hold back from sharing his feelings in response to Binotto’s departure, which sparked opinions from all across the world.

Christian Horner talks about Mattia Binotto leaving Ferrari

Ferrari was undoubtedly the motivation for Red Bull to bring out their best. But, through the season, Ferrari was able to develop a competitive car.

Christian Horner, voicing his opinion about Binotto’s departure, at the FIA Gala Awards said, “He committed a long period of his career and life to Ferrari, and I’m sure it must be very difficult for him to leave that team after all of that time. So, of course, a huge pressure in that team, because it’s a national team effectively, as well as an OEM team.”

Concluding his statement Horner said, “And I think that it will now be the sixth team principal that I will sit across the table from, since I’ve been at Red Bull and, obviously, you know, a lot of pressure on that job.”

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As Mattia Binotto’s time with the Scuderia is over, do you believe Fredrick Vasseur will be able to step into the great Italian engineer’s shoes and bring the Prancing Horse their first championship since 2007?