After the retirement of Maurizio Arrivabene in 2019, Binotto was confirmed to be the Scuderia team principal and he will continue at his post.
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As part of a company reform, Ferrari stated Mattia Binotto will keep his position as head of sports management. After the retirement of Maurizio Arrivabene in 2019, the Scuderia team principal was confirmed to be continuing his post as ‘gestione sportiva’ (sports management), with Binotto being promoted from his prior role as chief technology officer. The company stated it was restructuring to fulfil its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 while functioning in a way that was consistent with Ferrari’s history and stayed faithful to its racing DNA.
A press release from Ferrari stated: “The new organisational structure will further foster innovation, optimise processes and increase collaboration both internally and with partners, broadening the leadership team through both the promotion of internal talent and a number of key strategic external hires.”
Now that he has stepped down as FIA president, rumours have circulated that former Ferrari general manager Jean Todt could return to the team in a consulting capacity, which Binotto did not totally dismiss as a possibility in December.
“What I can say is so far it is only speculation,” Binotto said last month. “Personally, I have worked with Jean Todt. He has been my boss and I think I learned a lot from him.”
“It has been an honour to work with him and I would say that as well, whatever will be the case in the future, it will still be an honour for me to work together with him because I still believe that, as Mattia and as a team, there is still much to learn,” he added.
The Scuderia has been active off the track as well, with a nine-year connection with UPS ending, a resurgence of their sponsorship with Santander, and worries raised about the future of their sponsorship deal with cigarette business Philip Morris International after the ‘Mission Winnow’ name was deleted.
A new state-of-the-art simulator will be utilised in the build-up to the new season to provide the team with the greatest possible data from the design and performance of their 2022 car, from a sporting standpoint.
