Joking aside, wish him well. And will be not at all surprised if nothing much changes.
To be honest, I feel that F1 teams are such massive organisations these days that the effect of the Team Principle role is a bit overstated by the fans and media. Of course, they have an organisational (and political) role…but I expect Ferrari to be pretty much in the same position next season. Maybe long term he can have an effect if he brings in the right people. Not sure if it’s a DTS effect, but they seem to be more of a media character than anything else these days. Wolff and Horner, for example…I bet the average DTS viewer hasn’t got a clue what their roles are. Steiner didn’t get anywhere near the attention when he was at Jaguar, before the whole DTS ‘focksmash’ stuff. The fact that many were calling for Steiner to get the Ferrari gig says it all.
As a Ferrari fan I’d be much more excited if they’d hired (for example) some new engineers from Mercedes or Redbull, or overhauled their strategy team.
Edited by IrvTheSwerve, 13 December 2022 - 09:00.