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Breaking: Ferrari to sack Mattia Binotto with immediate effect

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is set to be announced as having departed the Italians in the next few hours, following a magnitude of reports suggesting that the Italian was bound for the exit door. That’s according to Corriere della Sera, and it is being reported from foreign sources linked to Charles Leclerc’s entourage that

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Number 2 driver? Carlos Sainz admits Charles Leclerc was better

Carlos Sainz has faced an incredibly challenging 2022 season, coming off the back of beating Charles Leclerc in the 2021 Drivers’ Championship. The Spaniard has faced calls from the media and even the Scuderia’s hierarchy to take up the spot as the team’s number two driver, instead of regarding himself and Leclerc as equals. Leclerc has raised

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Carlos Sainz fires back at calls to ‘let Charles Leclerc win everything’

Carlos Sainz has faced a challenging 2022 campaign, one that has seen the Spaniard finish behind his Ferrari team-mate on a number of occasions, resulting in calls that Sainz should be the team’s number two driver. Sainz appears to be somewhat undervalued at the Maranello-based outfit, with the 28-year-old having been criticised by Ferrari president John Elkann.

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Carlos Sainz speaks out: ‘They want Leclerc to take all the wins’

Carlos Sainz has spoken out in the belief that people are happier when his team-mate, Charles Leclerc claims victory. The somewhat odd comments were quoted by the Turkish version of Motorsport.com on Friday at the Singapore Grand Prix, which is taking place this weekend for the first time since 2019. The Spaniard has only claimed one victory

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‘Extremely tough’: Carlos Sainz opens up on his charity work with children

Carlos Sainz has faced a challenging season with Ferrari, with the Spaniard somewhat underperforming compared to team-mate Charles Leclerc. The Spanish driver has recently come under some criticism from Ferrari chairman John Elkann, who hailed Leclerc as the Maranello-based team’s number one driver, despite team principal Mattia Binotto insisting that the team regard both drivers

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Mattia Binotto praises Carlos Sainz after bizarre omission

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has backed up Carlos Sainz following a bizarre omission from the manufacturer’s chairman, John Elkann. In what has been a troubling year for Ferrari, Elkann spoke to La Gazzetta Della Sport, where he hailed Charles Leclerc as the team’s lead driver whilst failing to even mention, let alone acknowledge Sainz. The usually

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Ferrari president sends stark warning, Mattia Binotto denies need to fire people

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto might be looking over his shoulder more than ever before, after the Italian manufacturer’s president, John Elkann, sent a warning to everybody involved with the team to “improve”. The usually never-seen president was in the Ferrari garage at the recent Italian Grand Prix, where he watched on as Charles Leclerc

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‘Mattia Binotto catching the bullets’: Ex-Ferrari chairman calls for change in Maranello

Ferrari’s somewhat disappointing 2022 season isn’t entirely team principal Mattia Binotto’s fault according to former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo, who puts the blame on current chairman John Elkann. The Italian’s will come to regret the current season, after arguably throwing away both championships to Red Bull. Ferrari built a magnificent car for the brand-new regulations, which

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