Ferrari’s president in a letter to shareholders: “In 2021 there are some encouraging signs, now the F1 2022 challenge. And in GT it was the best season ever, pending the Le Mans 2023 program”
Andrea Fanì
01 April 2022 (change April 01 2022 | 14:02)
– Milan
Ferrari with the best driver duo of the 2022 F1 World Championship. It is the extreme synthesis of the passage to Ferrari contained in the usual annual letter that John Elkann wrote to the Exor shareholders, the “safe” financial holding of the Agnelli family. If 2021 was a “record” year for Ferrari Spa as the president of Exor defined it, on the sporting level the 2022 challenge is to be experienced but “the drivers have started the season well”.
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“With five podium results and third place in the Constructors’ Championship”, writes Elkann in the passage of the letter dedicated to Ferrari, “the Formula 1 season has produced some encouraging signs”. The word “some” is the keystone: between the lines the concept, even obvious, that Scuderia Ferrari cannot be enough. In fact, the thought immediately goes further, when Elkann writes: “But now the company is focused on the 2022 challenge, aware that with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz the Scuderia has the best pair of drivers on the starting grid, who have started the season well” . Team principal Mattia Binotto is not mentioned but the quality of the team is emphasized although this also means putting pressure, given the great expectations for 2022 that everyone had after the last two negative years. Leclerc and Sainz are leading the championship and not only the fans of the redhead are expecting victories and titles.
“the other” ferrari
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President Elkann’s gaze did not rest only on F1 but went further, praising Ferrari’s results in GT competitions: “Ferrari’s GT season was the best in its history, thanks to the World Drivers and Constructors’ titles in the WEC and with the victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans “, arrived in the Lmgte Pro category and in the Am category.” He also announced his eagerly awaited return to the top class of the WEC in 2023 with its Le Mans Hypercar (Lmh) program, and won a new audience of fans with the Ferrari Esports Series, which saw the participation of 35 thousand people across Europe “.
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The long passage on Ferrari, within the letter to the shareholders, had opened with the results of Ferrari Spa: the financial statements, published in recent weeks, were underlined by the president. “In 2021 Ferrari, our most valuable company, closed a record year … with net revenues of 4.3 billion euros (+ 23.4%) and an Ebitda (gross operating margin, sometimes used to measure the value of a company itself, ed), a record 1.5 billion euros … Ferrari sold 11,155 cars in 2021 and continues to offer extraordinary models positioned at the top in the luxury sector “. And Elkann also shifted the spotlight on the models, given the flattering results in economic terms: “During the year, Ferrari enriched its product range with the launch of the 812 Competition, with its revolutionary aerodynamics; the exciting 296 Gtb, which features the latest hybrid engine (a turbo V6 combined with an electric motor); and the glamorous Ferrari Daytona SP3, the latest model in the Icon limited series … Finally, the company has reopened its Cavallino restaurant in Maranello, keeping its historic charm intact. “Finally, a quote for the new CEO of Ferrari, Benedetto Vignaappointed last September by President Elkann himself, who had taken office ad interim after the resignation of Louis Camilleri.
01 April 2022 (change April 01 2022 | 14:02)
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