Earlier this year we reported about the power struggle bubbling at Maranello, and while a big deal in Italy strangely the English media have remarkably ignored an explosive situation which is set to ignite and could have a massive negative impact on Ferrari ahead of the 2019 season. In a nutshell, technical director Mattia Binotto had been primed to take over as team principal from next season by Marchionne, the calm 49-year-old Italian is highly-respected and extremely popular within the Scuderia and beyond. But when the charismatic Ferrari president unexpectedly passed in July, Maurizio Arrivabene strengthened his hand and word is the civil unrest was stifled at the time. At the time...
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