Not easy days for John Elkann that on the one hand, as patron of Exor, he has to deal with the tsunami unleashed around Juventus after the sudden resignation of Andrea Agnelli and the entire board of directors of Juventus, while, on the other hand, as supreme head of the Ferrarimust manage the revolution at the top of the Formula 1 team after accepting the resignation of head of sports management and team boss Mattia Binotto🇧🇷
If, as far as the football club is concerned, he acted immediately, immediately appointing a new general manager and a new president (in addition to asking for Maurizio Arrivabene to remain), the same did not happen with the F1 team. since, not having found a replacement, despite the fact that the news of the departure of the engineer from Modena had already been certain for several weeks, asked Binotto himself to keep the post until December 31, 2022 and therefore managing the crucial preparatory phase for the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship. Who thinks that John Elkann, involved in the problems of Juventus, lost interest in the fate of Cavallino delegate the hot issue to CEO Benedetto Vigna (plausible thought given that publicly it was only the latter who exposed himself in the team boss’s story) but he has to change his mind🇧🇷
Last Tuesdaywhile the earthquake at Juventus had just begun, along with the formalization of Binotto’s accepted resignation, in fact, the president of Ferrari spent the whole day in Maranelloat Cavallino headquarters, leaving again with your private plane from the heliport adjacent to the circuit of Fiorano only in the late afternoon🇧🇷 The message is clear: John Elkann wants to personally oversee the team’s new direction🇧🇷 And, according to some rumors collected by Fanpage.it, would have in mind a real revolution🇧🇷
The “system” created by Binotto was rejected with all power centralized in the hands of a single person, the heir to the Agnelli house would have dictated the new line to follow bringing back to Maranello that world title that had been missing for 15 years (the Constructors’ title had already been missing for 14), the team’s only objective, as his brother Lapo had already anticipated right after the race in Abu Dhabi, which ended last season. The new F1 team organization chart will include three key figures who will obviously collaborate with each other: there will be a stable manager who will mainly deal with the management of the political side (and who therefore does not necessarily need to have experience in Formula 1 and motorsport), a team leader who will manage the sporting part (wall, relations with riders, etc.) and a technical director who will take care of everything related to single-seaters and factory work.
John Elkann’s idea is, therefore, that of a structure more similar to the one that Ferrari had in its most successful era. when managing the coveted three in the era of Michael Schumacher’s five consecutive titles were there Luca Cordero di Montezemolo🇧🇷 Jean Todt AND Ross Brown (with important contributions from Rory Byrne). A return to the past that, as demonstrated by Red Bull (with the Marko-Horner-Newey triad), also seems to work in current Formula 1.
With regard to the role of the manager of the team, so we will look for a authority figure outside the automotive world🇧🇷 With regard to new team leader instead, despite the ‘recommendation’ of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares and racing driver Charles Leclerc, Frederic Vasseur prices continue to fall and, after the multiple no’s received (the ground has been sounded for Horner, Seidl and Brawn), the search is still ongoing and both possible internal and external solutions are being examined🇧🇷 Finally, there is already a name for the role of technical director (which this time should not be an engineer, but an aerodynamicist) could be Simone Resta who would therefore return to Ferrari after being sent to Haas last season due to the cut in Cavallino’s team imposed by the new Formula 1 rules and, according to persistent rumors circulating in Maranello, above all due to a not exactly idyllic relationship with plenipotentiary team boss Matthias Binotto.
Source: Fan Page IT
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