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Fierce Brown angry at Binotto: "Does he want to talk about ethics?"

24 April 2020 at 07:33
  • GPblog.com

Zak Brown doesn't understand anything about Ferrari.The McLaren team boss wants new agreements on the budget ceiling, but Mattia Binotto doesn't want to make hasty decisions..

In times of crisis, choices must be made more quickly, Brown believes. That's exactly what they don't want at Ferrari. Matta Binotto recently indicated that they do not yet agree to a new lowering of the budget cap because they do not want to make hasty decisions. The cap is set at 150 million. According to Ferrari's team boss, now is not the time for quick choices until the consequences are clear.

Zak Brown who is in charge at McLaren does not understand anything of Binotto: "I almost feel lost when I hear his reactions".

"I think we're facing the biggest global crisis of our time. Countries are closing, factories are closing, if you are not in a hurry to make a decision that is a critical mistake. Then you're living in denial. I think every CEO around the world is making quick decisions to deal with the crisis," Brown continues to The Guardian.

Ethics

Another argument of Mattia Binotto is that lowering the budget cap causes redundancies at Maranello. Ethically, he doesn't think that's the right decision.

Brown had an answer to that as well and was right in saying: "If he wants to talk about ethics it would be great if Mattia shares with us the details of the deal he agreed with the FIA". The FIA and Ferrari have secretly agreed on an investigation into last year's Ferrari engine, where possible was cheated