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F1 Beyond The Grid

Mattia Binotto on the pressure of leading Ferrari

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.75.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The job of Ferrari team principal is arguably the most prestigious in Formula 1 – but it’s also the one that undoubtedly carries the most pressure. The man whose task it is to lead the Scuderia right now is Mattia Binotto. Binotto is a Ferrari lifer, having joined the team straight out of university and worked numerous roles over his 25 years stay. He tells us all about that journey, which included working as an engineer for Michael Schumacher, as well as the joyous highs and intense lows of managing Ferrari over recent years. There’s also plenty of chat about Leclerc, Sainz and Vettel, plus discussion on how he intends to guide the team back to the front in the years to come…

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0:00.0

New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

0:07.7

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

0:14.8

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

0:22.0

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While stocks

0:27.9

last subject to availability.

0:37.2

Formula 1 celebrated 70 years in 2020 and only one team has raced in every season. Ferrari.

0:45.6

The Scooteria is synonymous with the top echelon of motorsport and unsurprisingly,

0:50.7

it's F1's most successful team. 16 constructors titles, 15 drivers titles, 237 wins, 228

0:59.6

poles and 768 podiums and counting. With all that history, expectations are always high,

1:08.5

making the job of team principle one of the most pressured in Formula 1. And when things go

1:13.9

badly as they have done this year, that pressure is ratcheted up again. This week I speak to

1:20.5

the man charged with getting Ferrari back to winning ways once more. Welcome to Beyond the Grid

1:26.8

with me Tom Clarkson. Mattia Benotto joined the Scooteria in 1995, fresh from university.

1:33.8

And over a period of 25 years he worked his way up the company to team principle.

1:39.3

He started out on the engine side, then took overall technical responsibility for the car in 2016

1:45.5

and became team principle at the beginning of last year. Mattia knows Ferrari intimately.

1:51.9

He knows what the company means both to the sport of Formula 1 and to Italy. After all,

1:58.0

he holds one of the most prestigious jobs in the country. He's also worked with some amazing

2:03.4

drivers. He and Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari at the same time. And Mattia has worked with

2:09.0

three other world champions as well, Kimi Reichen and Fernando Alonzo and Sebastian Vettel.

2:15.0

With each of them, there have been joyous highs and intense lows and always pressure.

2:21.5

We discuss it all from Schumacher's first test in red through to the team's current

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