Change of power at Formula 1 team Ferrari: 61-year-old team boss must ophoepelen

Formula 1 the Formula 1 team Ferrari returns to roal motorsport team principal Maurizio Arrivabene coming season, never to return. The Italian renstal has confirmed that the 61-year-old Italian his position of leadership must give way to Mattia Binotto, who since July of 2016 was employed as technical director at the renowned racing team.

Arrivabene was in charge of Ferrari's thanks for "four years of tireless commitment and dedication". Very successful, however, he was not. Arrivabene could Ferrari also in the past year, not to the world title help. The renstal had perhaps the fastest car, but saw yet again that Mercedes, the red car has. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the world championship, Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) finished second in the championship.

As the season wore on, would all pile up the errors on Ferrari and often was the team leader responsible for tactical and strategic blunders. The new president of Ferrari, John Elkann, is the time ripe for a new team boss. Especially because the tensions between Arrivabene and Binotto climbed. the
Arrivabene at the end of 2014 appointed to replace Marco Mattiacci. His assignment was clear: create Ferrari again world champion. Sebastian Vettel was the designated pilot, but the quadruple world champion saw the past few seasons, becoming a pilot of the Mercedes of the title grab.

Binotto works from 1995, from the technical department of Ferrari, and climbed gradually up to the highest position. He was intended by expressly in the interest of other racing stables. Ferrari wanted him, however, don't let go, and decided to offer him a new promotion to award, at the expense of Arrivabene.

The finn Kimi Räikkönen is the last pilot to Ferrari the world title concerned. That was in 2007. He is this year replaced by the Monegask Charles Leclerc.