WATCH: When Michael Schumacher introduced the current Ferrari F1 boss Mattia Binotto to the world

Michael Schumacher’s documentary “Schumacher” on Netflix gave the audience a look behind the scenes of his life. It also featured some exclusive clips about his career and the man behind the helmet. The documentary also revealed that during the invincibility of the Prancing Horses, today’s team boss Mattia Binotto played a key role in their engine superiority.

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In his documentary, we saw Michael introduce a very young looking Binotto to the world. The latter has been with Ferrari since 1995 when he moved to the team’s engine department.

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Michael Schumacher introduces a young Mattia Binotto

During the dominance of Ferrari, Binotto was the head of the engine division. Schumacher called him the third most important person on the team after Jean Todt and Ross Brawn.

“So now we have the third important man. The piece between the rear wing and the driver is the engine, and that is Mr. Binotto. I would like to introduce him to you.

“He’s the engineer and now, so to speak, the head of the engine group, Mr. Binotto, and maybe you explain a little bit what you do in the car on the race weekend,” introduced Michael Mattia.

“During the race weekend I worked on the reliability and made sure that the engine of Michael’s car was working properly,” said Binotto, explaining his role in the functioning of the team. In order to achieve absolute reliability and the best performance from the engine, it is important that we speak to Michael to get his feedback on how to achieve this. “

“Exactly, thank you. See you at the meeting, ”concluded Schumacher.

Charles was much younger than Michael at the time: Ferrari team boss

Schumi is no longer a Ferrari driver, but his legacy lives on in the team. In fact, Binotto mentioned that Charles Leclerc reminded him of Michael.

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SPA, BELGIUM – Sebastian Vettel from Germany and Ferrari, Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto and Charles Leclerc from Monaco and Ferrari stand for a minute’s silence in honor of the deceased Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert on the Formula 3 grid in front of the Formula 1 -Grand Prix of Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Thompson / Getty Images)

“Charles was much younger than Michael at the time. He has to develop as the leader of the team … because the success of Ferrari tomorrow will also depend on how he behaves as a leader.

“But I think while Michael was already a leader, Charles is evolving as a leader. But he’s developing well, ”said Mattia.

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It’s good to see that Binotto is still involved in the team as he was with Schumacher.

Does Charles remind you of Schumi? Let us know.