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Mattia Binotto's Fairytale Turned Nightmare at Helm of Ferrari
News 18Mattia Binotto progressed all the way to the top at Ferrari after beginning as a power unit engineer back in the year 1995. FIFA World Cup 2022 Points Table | FIFA World Cup 2022 Schedule | FIFA World Cup 2022 Results | FIFA World Cup 2022 Golden Boot Binotto, who took over as team principal in the year 2019 after replacing Maurizio Arrivabene had a promising start to life at the helm he has been involved with for over two decades. Binotto opted to replace the German with Carlos Sainz Junior, while also being at the head of the table as Ferrari decided to enter into a settlement with Formula One pertaining to their power unit. The 2021 season was supposed to be Binotto’s watershed year, but it turned out to be another campaign in which Ferrari was left chasing shadows as Red Bull and Mercedes came up with ultra-competitive motor vehicles as the Italian manufacturer was left playing catch up early on in the season. To make things worse, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen hit a purple patch to turn the season around with a record number of victories to leave Leclerc and the Italian outfit eating smoke.
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