After the announcement of a complete replacement in the management of the team, Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto will not stand at the pit wall at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Instead, he finds himself in the Scuderia garage this weekend.
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The Maranello squad hired Ravin Jain to develop the team’s strategy. He will work alongside Inaki Rueda, who is currently Sports Director and Head of Strategy. Binotto, on the other hand, will monitor the team from the garage.
Ferrari will keep Binotto in the garage and bring in a team member for the weekend
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As quoted by Motorsport.com, a Ferrari spokesperson said: “When we launched the new structure in February, we said Laurent would be the race director. And Inaki Rueda would take on the role of sports director while remaining head of strategy.
“So for the first part of the season we carried out a process in which Inaki took on this responsibility step by step and accompanied Laurent. Now this process has come to a point where he has full responsibility for it. And as Race Director, Laurent oversees everything that happens on the track.
Formula 1 F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto during the press conference FIA / Handout about REUTERS
“The other novelty is that Ravin Jain is in charge of strategy and is standing by the pit wall,” he concluded.
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How will the Scuderia present itself this weekend?
The Italian team showed great pace throughout the weekend. They managed to get both drivers on the last lap of qualifying on Saturday and are hoping for a better result and more points from this weekend.
Charles Leclerc made it into Q3 for the second time in a row this season and secured pole position. He’s hoping for a good start and wants to defend his position on the track against rivals. Carlos Sainz also made it into Q3; unfortunately he crashed and is now starting the race from P5.
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The Italian team hopes that both drivers will collect good points at this Grand Prix in order to gain some places in the constructors’ championship. Currently in fourth place, 78 points behind rivals McLaren, the Jumping Horse hopes to overtake them with a good result in Baku.
With Leclerc in pole position and Sainz in P5. Where do you think the Ferrari couple will end up at the end of the race? Let us know in the comments below.
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