But Binotto is moving on following a catalogue of Ferrari errors which dented Leclerc’s charge for the title. ‘With the regret that this entails, I have decided to conclude my collaboration with Ferrari,’ said Binotto, who joined Ferrari in 1995. Ferrari said that a process to identify Binotto’s successor is ‘under way’. At the time, Ferrari dismissed the report as ‘totally without foundation’. Ferrari chief executive Benedetto Vigna said: ‘I would like to thank Mattia for his many great contributions over 28 years with Ferrari and particularly for leading the team back to a position of competitiveness during this past year.

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