On Monday, Frederic Vasseur arrived at the Ferrari base in Maranello to take up his duties as head of the Formula 1 team. For his predecessor, Mattia Binotto, work at the Scuderia ended on December 20, 2022 – on that day said he said goodbye to his colleagues and transferred all matters.
Binotto’s plans for 2023 were not known until today, but the Italian press managed to shed some light on them. It turned out that Mattia had a holiday planned for the next 12 months – Ferrari paid him an extra fee so that Binotto would not work for another Formula 1 team, the FIA or Liberty Media.
The amount of the extra payments is not specified, but in Formula 1 it is common for a leading specialist, after leaving the team, to commit to not taking a job within a predetermined period – usually six months or a year. get competitors.
Source: F1 News
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