We talk about Matthias Binotto in Aston Martin. We are talking about a character who divides the opinion of fans and professionals. He does this in relation to his work as team main of the Prancing Horse. There are those who continue to think that he will resign Ferrari were premature and who doesn’t regret it at all, mindful of a mandate lacking in successes, just five in four years and which left a legacy of the technical project 676 which proved to be a failure. After over thirty years of career a MaranelloThe manager Of Lausanne he took a sabbatical before accepting the new professional challenge in Texas.
The manager of Swiss origin was hired to coordinate the strategic technological, industrial and commercial development plan of the e-Powertrain division dedicated to electric and hybrid propulsion. The collaboration with the company of Monastier seemed to put to rest speculation, according to which the former manager Ferrari was close to taking on a top position in team Alpine. Sensation fueled by the presence of the former engineer of the red some Grand Press of last season.
In F1 we return to talk insistently about a return of Binotto In the Circusprecisely in Aston Martin. Matthias was seen in the Lawrence Stroll team’s hospitality at the recent Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It is not known the subject of the talks, however the performance below expectations on the “verdona” is fueling speculation according to which he is close to taking over the reins Mike Krack. To tell the truth, the former team principal of the historic Italian team also spoke at length with Laurent Mekies And Pierre Waché inside the structures Red Bull (see next photo).
Aston Martin, could Binotto manage the power unit department towards 2026?
It is undeniable that Aston Martin be the team with the downgrade performance more marked than last season. Only capital performances of Fernando Alonso they masked an involution that began already in the second half of the last campaign. The suggestion Binottoif it can be defined as such, what benefit it could bring to the team Silverstone? First of all, it is a professional figure with a very long militancy in F1. His most specific skills are in the power sector unitbeyond the role of team main.
It could be a graft in Aston Martin capable of overseeing the second regulatory revolution scheduled for the 2026 season. The English team will abandon the power units Mercedesas we know, to start the partnerships with Honda right in conjunction with the debut of the second generation turbo-hybrid engines. Together with the motorization, the F1 they will also change a lot from an aerodynamic point of view, in order to guarantee similar performance to that of the current single-seaters, although the dimensions will be different in different areas of the car.
There is, however, an important precedent. At the turn of the regulatory revolution 2022, Ferrari he managed to make the best one step performance that at the beginning of the season he seemed to be able to dominate, with two successes in the first three races. The reliability problems of power unit 066/10 and the freezing of development on F1-75 before the summer break, they ended the dreams of glory of the historic Italian team. Another merit of the management Binotto was to give the necessary reliability to the power unit of the red without losing performance.
Already last world championship, the team’s power unit had reached excellent levels. Maybe he’s thinking about this Aston Martin, thinking about taking advantage on a technical level. In the proximity of the new upheaval of the regulatory framework, a figure like Matthias allocated to the project 2026 and not on the frenetic operation on the track, it could prove to be a very valuable resource. Considering that future projects can be studied by team from January 2025there could be the technical time to get to know the English team and perhaps bring in some trusted collaborators from Ferrari.
Author: Roberto Cecere – @robertofunoat
Images: Scuderia Ferrari – Aston Martin
