Mattia Binotto praises Charles Leclerc's leadership in debut Ferrari season

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11:24, 14 Dec 2019

Mattia Binotto has been impressed with Charles Leclerc's leadership in his first season with Ferrari. The Monégasque racer performed well, beating his four-time world champions teammate in the driver's championship.

“His season has been outstanding for what he achieved in the first year. We should not only look at the speed on track but the way he’s interacting with the engineers, his leadership of the team,” Binotto said to Formula1.com.

Ferrari did not perform how they would have wanted to and there are areas that the team can improve.

“Pit stops were also not good enough. On many occasions, ours were over six seconds, which is not acceptable for a Ferrari team. And when you have to be perfect to win, you need to be perfect as well from a team point of view and mechanics and pit stops.

“It’s not a matter of skills. It’s not a matter of individuals. After all, the way we are approaching the problems is through practice. It’s through a lot of training. A lot of analysis, a lot of tools. It’s a lot of methodologies showing that we need to improve ourselves 360 degrees. And that’s the challenge we are facing for the next year.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	179
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	136
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	132
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	85
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	83
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	82
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	76
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	42
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	31
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Mattia Binotto praises Charles Leclerc's leadership in debut Ferrari season

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