Oct.12 Having remained at Maranello while the Formula 1 circus raced in Turkey, Mattia Binotto is set to skip more races. 'I will also miss the grands prix in Mexico and Brazil,' the Ferrari team boss told Italy's Corriere della Sera. 'We are in a key phase of the 2022 project.' Indeed, with his deputy Laurent Mekies stepping into his shoes in the Istanbul paddock, Binotto recently oversaw the introduction of a key 2022-spec engine upgrade that he says proved a success in both red cars. Charles Leclerc, who was the first to get the new engine at Sochi, denied that the upgrade has proved to him that he was right to commit long-term to Ferrari. 'I have never had any doubts about the team,'...
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