Mattia Binotto on present relationship between Ferrari and Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher and Mattia Binotto
The 2021 season was the end of hybrid car’s as F1 challengers and the new champion on the scene, the Dutch man of Red Bull Max Verstappen who ended the dominant championship run by 7 times world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Scuderia Ferrari had a comeback season in 2021 where they came back to the top 3 mix after becoming the best among rest than P1 and p2 Mercedes and Red Bull. The Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finished 5th and 7th in drivers’ championship respectively.
Mick Schumacher son of 7 times world champion Michael Schumacher gad his debut season in F1 in 2021 racing after he joined Team Hass following his F2 championship run in 2020. He is also the reserve driver for team Ferrari for the upcoming 2021 season and has shown his abilities in the mediocre performing Hass car in 2020.
Find out what Mattia Binotto said
Mattia Binotto said Mick Schumacher was followed by Ferrari engineers dedicated to the Ferrari Driver Academy programme to support his development as a driver which will also go on this year also providing him a simulator in Maanello.
Mattia Binotto also stated the objective of their program is to develop their trainees as good drivers with the final objective being making them capable enough to be a Ferrari driver.
“In 2021, he was followed by Ferrari engineers dedicated to the Ferrari Driver Academy programme to support him in his development and that will continue next year. A simulator will be available to him at Maranello,” says Mattia Binotto.
“But we’ve an entire programme [with him] because in still being part of an academy, it’s part of our objective to continuously try to develop them as drivers,” Mattia Binotto explained.
“Again, the final objective one day, is they will prove to be capable to be a Ferrari driver” Mattia Binotto added.
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