In the current F1 I would give Flavio a go and let him groom Matia or let him have a role to deal with these corrupt officials. Matia is excellent but is to much of gentleman and you need a rough and tough guy there like Flavio.We are missing the fire if SM . These guys like Toto and the stewards lie as if it is second nature. We need a guy that will take them head on and that they know if we are right they must perform and if we are wrong we will accept our cards gracefully .
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Out of all the crooks out there, Binotto is the only saint.
I'm not a great fan of Flavio but he sure can manage a team. He would have fought his drivers' corner yesterday and probably got his way!
I know of late his dress sense has been the subject of much amusement among us Tifosi but do we need to like our team manager as long as we admire the work he does and respect him for his achievements!
I am not criticizing Mattia here. I know he is an excellent engineer and we are lucky to have him but managing a team is a different ball game!
He needs help as he cannot do it all on his own.
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Last edited by Kingdom Hearts; 2nd July 2019 at 09:29.
So at Silverstone, our drivers can be more aggressive than usual. They can race the bulls and Mercs hard, maybe even bump Lewis off the track, knowing they won't get a penalty, because it will just be seen as hard racing by the stewards
Like Kimi did last year then
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I think Binotto deserves a chance.... the last thing we need right now is yet another change in management. The titles are going to merc this year but if Binotto can get our in-season development right this year that will be a huge step forward.
As for Flavio.... do we really need a team boss who is prepared to make one of his drivers crash so the other can win a race? He should of got a lifetime ban for that imo.
Agree, we need to give Binotto some time to get the team to how he wants then we can judge. Next year will give us a better idea if he is pushing us in the right direction. People say he is soft but they only see the PR Mario at races they have no idea how he runs the team away from the camera's.
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Binotto said he was very confident Max would get a penalty. When the stewards decide it's just normal racing, he fully accepts the decision even though he again says the stewards were wrong. To me that does not show leadership. What about the people who work hard at the factory in Italy? I can't imagine they'd be best pleased with this kind of situation either.
"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari" - Gilles Villeneuve
Actually, the way I see it, Ferrari (ie. Binotto in this case) had two options :
1. They could once more go on and protest, right after what happened in Canada. This would go either two ways :
1.1 Ferrari would win, media would present it as if FIA would give this to Ferrari to appease them
1.2 Ferrari would lose, media would make a field day out of this, Ferrari would just be ridiculed.
2. They could just accept the decision even if they disagreed. Reason is (1.).
As you see, they did the right thing, as option (1.) is damn if you win, damn if you lose.
"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari" - Gilles Villeneuve
Nah. With 2018 tyres it'd been exactly the same in terms of competitiveness versus Mercedes (0.2 seconds off on average). He was also way too kind to Kimi in situations last year where ruthlessness for the championship would've been required (Austria and Germany). It would only make a negative effect in terms of handling the race in having a team boss who resented team orders, period, when going up against Toto. Can't work that way. Arrivabene did his stint and did alright in many ways I guess, but it wasn't enough. We probably should find a political complement to Mattia, but bringing back Arrivabene is a no-go for me.
Given the chassis department of Red Bull, couldn't it be an idea to maybe try and poach Horner with a few select engineers instead? Sometime he'll need a new challenge for sure and given Verstappen is probably the top 2021 target anyway, it would make sense.
The stewards and FIA can and do do whatever they want, and will continue to do so. The decision in Canada was unfair.... Ferrari asked for a review and were knocked back. The fans, the teams, the drivers and the pundits were unhappy with the decision. We can't say 'let them race' one week and then make a big song and dance a couple of races later when the stewards do precisely what was asked for. We need to move on and Binotto needs to do his talking by coming up with a car that is good enough to get away from the likes of Red Bull and Mercs.
Arrivabene was removed because of internal politics imo. Nothing to do with performance. Ferrari was on the right path with him imo. We shall see what Binotto can do now. I feel like he needs help though. He cant perform efficiently enough on all those positions by himself I think.
That was not what we would want to see him do at ferrari. True we may be desperate but not that desperate. To get another driver to deliberately hit the wall and cause a safety car situation which helped Alonso that day is not cricket. That is where I have my reservations with flavio. He is a good manager but can be reckless........so reservations!!!! But in light of the goings on we need someone who will not put up with the stewards decision too easily. I think the very calm Binotto coupled with Flavour might bee just what we need.
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