On Tuesday, the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Binotto’s tenure as team principal could be under threat for F1 2023✤, with current Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur lined up𝐆 as his potential replacement. 

Ferrari responded by releasing a statement which den🐻ied the rumours, stating they are “totally without foundation.” 

Binotto was pressed about his Ferrari future during the team representatives’ press conferences on Saturday at the season-ending 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 

“I was not expectജing that question, so l🍎et me think now,” said Binotto. 

“Obviously, Ferrari is the most loved team. Seb said once that e🦹verybody is♎ a Ferrari fan and if they are telling you it’s not the case, well as a matter of fact they are. 

“When there is such a b𒈔ig passion around it there is also criticism and rumours. That has been true in the past, it’s the situation right now, and it will be in the 🤪future.

“When these speculations came out, I had a chat with my chairman John Elkann. Together we discussed what is the best way to move forward and together we decid🐻ed to release a statement - it was maybe the best way to clear those speculations. 

“Clearly, those speculations are totally with no foundations. I think fo🐻r me right now what is most important is to focus on the race weekend and the team not to be distracted. 

"Certainly the rumours are always there bu💧t it’s about Ferrari and more important not to be distr🉐acted by them.”

Askeꦍd if he could categorically say he’ll still be Ferrari’s team principal in♏ 2023, Binotto replied: “Obviously it is not down to me to decide, but I am pretty relaxed. 

“The reason I am relaxed is that I am always open to open, frank d🧸iscussions with my bosses, with my chairman, not only on the short-term but also the medium 🌠and long-term.” 

While Binotto admitted there is still room for improvement at Ferrari, he insisted the Italไian outfit achieved their goal for 2022 by returning to competitiveness. 

“If I look back at the season; yes we had sꦆome ups and downs,” he explained. “We are not the best yet, the fastest car on track, but I think we achieved our main objective, which was to be back competitive in this new era of the 2022 cars. 

“I think no one would hav♈e ever imagined Ferrari to have been that competitive at the start of the season. 

“That proves that the team has worked well through difficult moments in 2020 and 2021, we remain united. It’s a team that has not only w🍨orked well but has proved to be capable. 

“Yes there are lots of things that need to be progress, weaknesses have been shown. But as we have seen in the past, we will t🐼ry to address them. The team back at the factory is 🐓fully focused on 2023 and trying to improve.

“Furthermore, I think this season has been outstanding in terms of🔥 pole positions and quali🐓fying pace, but not in terms of race-pace. We know that we need to somehow improve the race-pace because then strategy or whatever is around it is much easier if you have a faster car.

“But yes, I am relaxed, I’m more than that, I’m reallജy focused on what we need to do and 𒊎what we need to do as a team.”