Mattia Binotto’s tell-all interview reveals who was behind the decision to fire Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari

Mattia Binotto’s tell-all interview reveals who was behind the decision to fire Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari

Mattia Binotto (L) and Sebastian Vettel (R)

Mattia Binotto has dropped, a huge bombshell of news after departing from the Ferrari F1 Team. The former Team Principal has revealed the name of the man, who was behind the decision to fire Sebastian Vettel from the Italian outfit.

As per Mattia Binotto, it was John Elkann, who made the decision to not renew Sebastian Vettel’s contract with the Ferrari outfit in 2020.

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Moreover, as far as the reasons are concerned, it has come out that Elkann, felt that, there was no need for the team to pay Vettel’s huge F1 salary.

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This is not the only thing that has come to light about Vettel’s departure from Ferrari, ahead of the 2021 F1 season, Elkann wanted to carve the Maranello-based team’s future around Charles Leclerc.

John Elkann
John Elkann

John Elkann did not see a future for Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari after the 2020 F1 season, and thus, Binotto was tasked with the duty of telling the former four-time World Champion about the sad news.

Mattia Binotto’s take on telling Sebastian Vettel about not renewing his F1 deal with Ferrari

Mattia Binotto
Mattia Binotto

Sebastian Vettel is one of the biggest names in F1 and when he was at Ferrari, he came tantalizingly close to winning the Championship a couple of times with the Italian team.

However, when Charles Leclerc burst his way into the team, things went south for the German and he struggled to keep pace with the Monegasque.

Looking at the bigger picture, Elkann thought that it was best to part ways with Sebastian Vettel and Binotto while talking about it added, “Telling Seb that we weren’t going to renew his contract was one of the hardest things in my career.”

“When you respect the person, as well as the professional, it’s always difficult.”

Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel

The Italian has revealed how difficult it was for him to share the news with Vettel and considering how much Vettel had achieved until 2020 in F1, it is totally understandable why Binotto felt that it was a difficult task.

Mattia Binotto has departed from the Ferrari team with a bang, and now with him being free of any ties with Ferrari, could he be seen sitting on the pit wall of any of the other F1 teams next year?