Stefano Domenicali quits as boss of Ferrari F1 team

On Monday morning (14/4/13) it was announce that Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali has resigned from his role as Team Principal of the team with immediate effect. The team have struggled this season, failing to register a podium finish in the first three races.



He will be replaced by Marco Mattiacci who is the current president of Ferrari North America, Stefano Domenicali had been in charge since replacing Jean Todt in 2008.

In Stefano Domenicali time as Team Principal at Ferrari took one Constructors championships in 2008, and missing out three drivers titles with Felipe Massa in 2008 and Fernando Alonso in 2010 and 2012.

Domenicali, who had been with the Italian team for 23 years in various roles, added: "This decision has been taken with the aim of doing something to shake things up."

Right decision? not so sure, Stefano Domenicali did the toughest job of replacing Jean Todt who took Ferrari to seven Constructors championships and seven Drivers titles with Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen and did took the toughest job of any Team Principal in Formula 1 and that is at Ferrari.

And if Stefano Domenicali had a bit of luck at the final races, Stefano Domenicali could have took have Three Drivers Titles his job wouldn't be highly question as-well. But, it would be time will tell if Stefano Domenicali did the right thing and quit his Team Principal role at Ferrari. As new Team Principal Marco Mattiacci toughest job of any Team Principal in Formula 1 and that is managing Ferrari expectations.

So what's next for Stefano Domenicali? Who knows.

End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.