WHEN IT COMES TO FERRARI THERE ARE NO HALF MEASURES. When the Scuderia wins we speak of triumphs, when it loses we’re faced with a Greek tragedy: even if only figuratively, the final act concludes with blood on the floor. In Maranello everything is extreme, the spotlights are on the team 24/7, throwing every action into stark relief – everything makes the news when there are millions of fans in red eager to comment on the smallest of happenings.
Changes of team principals aren’t a rarity in Maranello. Those who covet the seat of management – or merely agree to sit on it awhile – know well what they are getting into, and shouldn’t be too surprised if their head is called to the chopping block in the event of a defeat. In the four years he occupied the helm of Ferrari, Mattia Binotto won very little: three grands prix in 2019, four in 2022. And in between, two very difficult seasons for the Scuderia, during which the team principal managed to survive by promising a great comeback when the technical regulations would change.
Ferrari actually returned to winning last year, but not as much as hoped, and above all it only did so in the first half of the season. Even
