Binotto: I am considering skipping some races

After an encouraging first year in charge in 2019 where the Scuderia earned nine poles and three victories, Binotto has endured a sophomore season from hell in 2020, with his team languishing sixth in the constructor's championship and unlikely to move up any further.

Now with just four remaining flyaway races in Turkey, Bahrain (twice) and Abu Dhabi, Binotto says his efforts are better served at the factory in Maranello than at the race track.

“You need always to balance your tasks at the racetrack and at the factory; still the factory is important where we are developing the car, preparing the cars," he explained at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

"I think I will not follow all the races, even in 2020 I am already considering eventually skipping some of the racing in the last part of the season starting from Turkey.

“Because at the end, when you’re responsible for an entire team, certainly the race event is important, but the entire… management of the entire team is even more important."

And while it is no secret Ferrari's performance has taken a hit due in large part to the regulation-tightening in response to its controversial 2019 power unit, Binotto suggests that engine development is back on the right track for 2021.

“I think that next year we may have a completely new power unit," he said. "As Ferrari we have invested a lot in developing further the power unit for 2021, furthermore for 2022, the engine is currently running on the dyno.

“I think that the feedback in terms of both performance and reliability are very promising.”