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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said that it was through Michael Schumacher that he learned what it took to be a leader.

Binotto took over the team principal role at Ferrari in 2019, but his association with the outfit stretches back much further than that.

Having joined the team in 1995, starting out in the engine department, Binotto was there for Ferrari’s rise back to the summit of Formula 1, spearheaded on the track by Michael Schumacher.

Together, between 1999-2004, Schumacher won five Drivers’ Championships while Ferrari won the Constructors’ title for six consecutive seasons.

And Binotto now, in the present day, uses the lessons he learned from Schumacher to lead the Scuderia.

“It was a fantastic time. I’m proud to have been part of it,” said Binotto in an interview with Bild.

“And not only that: I learned a lot from him [Schumacher]. I picked up this mentality and ability to be a leader from him. I will never forget that.”

Binotto’s time as team principal had been far from smooth, with the 2019 power unit controversy and woeful