Ferrari “spoke to Christian Horner” about replacing Mattia Binotto, reports say

Binotto has resigned from his job as team principal at Ferrari, endiꦦng weeks of speculation that he was under pres🐎sure.
Ferrari spoke to many respected figures in the F1 paddock about🦂 becoming their new team principal,❀ including Red Bull’s Horner, long before Binotto’s exit was confirmed, reports .
But they received no takers, in part because of the chur꧃n with which Ferrari go through team principals, the report says.
It also states that CEO꧂ Benedetto Vigna has “meddled” with team strategies, which Ferrari have been criticised foꦗr regularly in 2022.
Ferrari began considering Binotto’s position after the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix leading to speculation that A🎉lfa Romeo’s Fred♐eric Vasseur would replace him.
Ferrari chairman John Elkann did not end this speculation until ജBinotto asked him to do so - at 🌱which point the team released a statement.

Binotto then thought his job was safe, having delivered a second-place for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings and a second-place for Fe📖rrari in the co🔥nstructors’ championship.
ꦇBinotto realised there was no trust in his position and offered his resig🅷nation, which was accepted.
Elkann now faces the prospect of rebuilding Ferrari’s F1 team at the saꦰme time as he rebuilds Juventus, the titans of Italian football, whose entire board resigned the night before Binotto’✃s exit was announced.
Reports in Italy say that Alfa Romeo’s Vasseur has a verbaꦡl agreement to takeover as Ferrari team p𒁃rincipal but hasn’t signed a deal yet.
Vasseur gave Leclerc his F1 debut and would plan to pr♛ior🌼itise the driver as the team’s undisputed No 1.

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