Shake Up of Ferrari’s Racing Management

The Prancing Horse stable have decided to shake up the very top of its racing management team. Italian Mattia Binotto is out and on January 9th, 2023 there became a new team Principal and General Manager. Frédéric Vasseur, the new Chief, has over 25 years of winning motor racing experience, commencing in the junior formulas and over the last decade in Formula 1. During this time, he has also been widely acknowledged for his success in fostering leading driver talent, claiming the GP2 series in both 2005 with Nico Rosberg and 2006 with Lewis Hamilton. Vasseur has most recently held the position of CEO and Team Principal of Sauber Motorsport (currently Alfa Romeo F1 Team) since 2017. Prior to this he was the Team Principal of Renault F1 Team in 2016. As well as furthering the career of the Monegasque vice-world champion in GP3 Frédéric Vasseur oversaw Charles Leclerc’s first steps in F1 with Alfa-Romeo, after his spell at the Ferrari Driver Academy.