Arrivabene to leave Ferrari for Juventus, internal politics rampant in Ferrari

Ferrari are experiencing a massive turmoil with respect to on track results, as the team suddenly find themselves way behind Mercedes on the constructor’s championship points table and with respect to on-track performance.

Ferrari had the advantage with respect to power and performance up until Monza, but the last two weekends have been all Mercedes.

Hamilton now has a 50 point advantage over Vettel and Mercedes lead Ferrari by 37 points, having secured maximum points from the Russian GP.

While everything is going downhill on track, off the track as well, things aren’t looking very positive for Ferrari.(that could be a major reason for the on track issues as well).

Now, according to reports in Italy, Arrivabene is set to leave Ferrari and move to Italian football giants Juventus.

Arrivabene is already on the Juventus board and with Marotta set to leave in October, Arrivabene has been lined up as the replacement.

Now, Arrivabene has close links to the Agnelli family, who own both Juventus and FIAT company.

Arrivabene has been Ferrari’s team principal since 2014 and has led a mini revival of sorts, but Ferrari still haven’t been able to take the attack to Mercedes.

The internal politics in Ferrari has been an issue for quite sometime now and the problem has grown larger ever since the demise of Sergio Marchionne.

Marchionne wanted Leclerc to join Ferrari, as he felt that he was going to be Ferrari’s golden boy, but Arrivabene wanted Kimi to stay on, especially during the transition period.

While the new Ferrari management were on board with Arrivabene’s assessment, they finally went ahead with what Marchionne had planned.

According to F1UAT and SmileTech, the internal politics in Ferrari are at an all-time high, with Arrivabene set to be shown the door, just like Kimi Raikkonen.