Ferrari ‘worked a lot’ to erase finger-pointing culture

Mattia Binotto has given his take on the “no-blame culture” Ferrari have implemented in their quest to return to F1’s summit.

Things needed to change at the Scuderia when they plummeted down the order during a harrowing 2020 campaign, even to the point of struggling at the rear of the midfield during a couple of race weekends.

A root-and-branch review of operations at Maranello was conducted to try and reverse the team’s fortunes, and that has succeeded to the point where Ferrari have this season won their first two  races since 2019 thanks to Charles Leclerc.

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Binotto, the team principal, still maintains that returning to World Championship contention is a process the Italian giants will not accelerate just because of this year’s improvement.

But after company chairman John Elkann spoke about eradicating a “culture of guilt”, Binotto described his version of a philosophy that has stood Mercedes in good stead during an era of dominance in which they put Ferrari in the shade.

“We worked a lot on that,” Binotto told the BBC about the “no-blame culture”.

“It is taking the error more as an opportunity of a lesson learned, rather than blaming and pointing fingers.

“It is all about being brave enough to hear, to listen and to do something which is really open-minded. It is about working as a team, a single individual understanding the common responsibility.”

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