CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Binotto’s departure and Vasseur’s move to Ferrari accelerated movement elsewhere. Speaking on a media conference call on Tuesday afternoon alongside new McLaren team boss Stella, company CEO Zak Brown explained Seidl had already confirmed he would leave the team at the end of his current deal in 2025.

Detailed explanation-2: -Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren F1 exit confirmed Daniel Ricciardo will leave McLaren at the end of the 2022 season, the driver and team have confirmed. The announcement follows a summer break full of speculation that the Australian’s time with McLaren in F1 would be coming an end sooner than he had planned.

Detailed explanation-3: -The reasons for that ultimately came down to the fact that although the car may well have been good enough to at least challenge for a first title in 14 years, Scuderia Ferrari as a championship winning proposition simply wasn’t. This was evident even before the new rules came in for this season.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ferrari have appointed Fred Vasseur as Team Principal, with the Alfa Romeo boss and Sauber Motorsport CEO replacing Mattia Binotto from January 2023. Binotto, who joined Ferrari as an engine engineer in 1995 before rising to take the helm of F1’s most famous team, resigned last month.