He was right! Sainz is a good driver, I wish they would have gone for Leclerc+Ricciardo to get the absolute best lineup of available drivers, but it is what is. In some ways, Sainz performed relatively close to Verstappen and Sainz twice winning 6th place in the WDC in a midfield car (especially in 2019 when Ferrari was also with Mercedes and Red Bull at the front) is no fluke!
We have seen more brave moves and good fights with Sainz in one season that what we will see with Bottas in all his career.aMessageToCharlie wrote: ↑08 Mar 2021, 22:59Sainz is about as exciting as Bottas.
So to sum up your post:
Arrivabene = Vettel = bad
Binotto = Vettel gone = good
The article contains some other interesting bits and shows how much of a pressure Marchionne put on the people and in this case Binotto. He needed to answer to messages from him on the mobile phone withing 30 seconds, for example. Binotto always needed to have his phone next to him, in order to reply immediately.I think in that respect all the teams are doing it. But then it’s what you interpret as grey or not grey. I think it’s obviously always a limit which is very borderline and difficult. But yes he certainly pushed us – not me, but us – a lot to develop the grey areas as much as we could.
Inseparable
Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz still get along well and have a blast on the golf course in Bahrain 🏌♂
Absolutely this. Nailed it. I also think maybe they've opted to stick with the wrong man, and also that they've taken him away from his position of strength and put him in one which is not his strength, which is bad for both sides of the team- the design/technical side and the business side. He should be in the Allison/Newey role. Not the Wolff/Horner one.Sevach wrote: ↑09 Mar 2021, 20:48I think Ferrari has a couple of challenges in the TP department.
First, they are going through them like fast food so they need to slow down, but this decision suddenly stop the "Principal roulette" might've left them with the wrong one in charge.
Second, suppousedly Binotto was a valuable tecnician, he ascended to TD and under his guidance Ferrari produced the best cars they have made in a decade, they set some trends rather than following them. Does this mean he's the right man to be TP? In my opinion obviously not.
Ferrari is in this position where they want to save face on how unstable their TP position is and they might want to relegate Binotto without actually saying he's been relegated(Binotto is already taking a more factory based approach to the job than it would be normal) or they could say "to hell with all of this" and get rid of him and face the usual criticism.
