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Managing Leclerc, Vettel just became mission critical for Ferrari

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Since Mattia Binotto took the top job at Ferrari at the start of the season, he and his two drivers have made a point of facing the written media together after every race. The PR message was simple: whatever happens on track, we leave each round of the championship united as a team.

Compared to the fractured -- and sometimes completely absent -- messaging of Binotto's predecessor, Maurizio Arrivabene, the approach has been a breath of fresh air. Ferrari has used the Sunday session as an opportunity to tackle speculation about its engine, explain the logic behind controversial team orders and clear the air should the two divers' have a differing interpretations of events in the race.