(Motorsport-Total.com) – Stefano Domenicali from 'Corriere della Sera' asked. A clear answer follows: “[Meine] possible return to Maranello remains an unfounded rumor.” But that's simply the nature of the matter when it comes to the Ferrari Formula 1 team, Domenicali continues.
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Messages about Ferrari are simply “uncontrollable”. A small conversation among acquaintances might be inflated into a thick headline. For example, he often talks to Ferrari President John Elkann. But that doesn't have to mean that he will soon be back at Ferrari.
“We have known united states for years,” explains Domenicali. “And I've known Ferrari all my life. Of course people talk there, but we talk about the central questions of the automotive world.”
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That also has a reason: Domenicali is now the managing director of the Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini, and thus a direct competitor of Ferrari. You serve the same industry, meet at trade fairs and have similar interests.
Domenicali was interested in motorsport from an early age. This is not surprising: Today 54 – year-old comes from Imola, where the San Marino Huge Prix of Formula 1 was held for decades. Domenicali has never lost this connection, not even after the end of his Ferrari career in the year 2014.
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Therefore Domenicali was asked how he assessed the performance of his (not direct) successor Mattia Binotto at Ferrari. And Domenicali finds words of praise: “I am convinced that he did a good job both as a technical director and as a team manager.”
Praise for Ferrari team boss Binotto
Binotto had emphasized quickly in inserted the double role, says Domenicali. “He learned quickly and proved his skill.” Binotto can also keep measure, for example in terms of driver management.
Domenicali explicitly refers to the Formula 1 season 2019 with the gripping stable duel between Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel: “Last year had to [Binotto] invest a lot of energy to tame the drivers. Champions do not always respect the team’s direction, especially when everyone is pursuing their own goals. “
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However, it is in the nature of Formula 1 that all attention is focused on the drivers. This fact must also be taken into account behind the scenes, says Domenicali. So far, Binotto has solved this task well.
Binotto has 2019 the Keep of the Ferrari team boss from Maurizio Arrivabene, who in turn 2014 instead of Marco Mattiacci slipped into the top role battle. Mattiacci had been at Scuderia for only a few months after Domenicali left the company.
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