Toto Wolff has ruled out hiring Mattia Binotto for Mercedes, saying “there is too much porcelain broken between us” - and has revealed what might have happened if Ferrari approached him a decade ago F1
podcast, Wolff admitted he was surprised by how long Binotto held onto the position before “the unavoidable happened”.“Being team principal at Ferrari, you better have a good contract for your exit. Now probably the unavoidable happened, but he held onto it longer than I thought.”
“In representing Ferrari you are representing the whole country,” Wolff said. “They write you up and they write you down, but with brutality. Asked if there is a chance that Binotto could find himself landing a role at Mercedes or their High Performance Powertrains division, Wolff replied: “No. I think there was too much porcelain broken between us over the last few years, that this would be possible.”
“Well everybody who says he isn’t interested in being team principal at Ferrari just simply doesn’t tell the truth,” Wolff said.
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