Mattia Binotto “talking to” Audi over F1 comeback - like “water and oil” with Ferrari boss

Binotto’s resignation was accepted by🔯 Ferrariꦉ, after the team lost faith in him, so they will appoint a new team principal for next season.
“He is talkin💙g to Audi, who will enter F1 in 2026,” Italian media Calciomercato reported. “And we don't know who will tak♐e his place in Maranello."
Alfa Romeo’s Frederic Vasseur is the favourite for the vacant job but the report says: "He is French like the legendary Jean Todt but the only thing they have in common is a passport. And here, I stop✱."
Binotto’s lack of “ruthlessness” was a key reason for the breakdown in trust with Ferrari🅘 chairman John Elkann, Sky reported.
"Binotto was꧂ a legacy of [𒁃ex-CEO] Sergio Marchionne,” the Calciomercato report says.
“The late Sergio did ▨not dote on [ex-team principal] Maurizio Arrivabene.
“But John Elkann never got on Binotto. They were like water a♏nd oil. And everyone knew it."

Binotto’s four-year reign as team principal is now over, and the report says: "The man has his faults, including a slight tendency for the delusion of omnipotence. For example, Mattia should have appeared less and managed the media better.💮
“But he never had the support of its president on the big issues. 🔯;
“Have you ever heard a word fܫrom Elkann about the Red Bull budget cap or the adjusted rules that were pro-Mercedes?🤪 Zero.
“There was a lack o✅f real support🐟. The owner did not believe in his top manager.”
Ferrari secured second-place in the constructors’ championship, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc finished second in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings, in 2022.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 🌜from American sports, to football, to F1.