Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto has expressed “solidarity” to the people of Italy affected by the ongoin𝔉g coronavirℱus pandemic. 

Italy, which is home to Ferrari’s F1 oꦡperation at Maranello, is the worst-hit European country from the COVID-19 outbreak, with over 35,000 confirmed cases and the highest amount of deaths worldwide - 3,405 as of Friday mor💦ning. 

This week, the Agnelli family which controls Ferrari and Fiat donated €10m (£9.3m) to the Italian government to help deal with the coronavirus e▨mergency at a national level, as well as buying 150 ext𒉰ra ventilators and providing a fleet of cars to distribute food and medicine.

Speaking to the official Formula 1 we🌌bsite upon Ferrari’s return from the cancelled Australian Grand Prix, Binotto said the thoughts of all at Ferrari were with the people of Italy. 

“The health of our employees is importa�🎀�nt. It's our top priority,” Binotto said.

“We managed to go 𒐪to Melbourne, even though it wasn't easy for us to be there as we had to change our plan on the flights as wel📖l. 

“But more💛 than that is what is happening in Italy, which we are concerned [about]. We express our solidarity to all our peopl♏e here.”

Ferrari halted production at its road-car and F1 factories at Modena and Maranello and has begun its mandatory shutdown period this week with F1 bringing forward its summer break from August to March-April after the opening se♐ven rounds were postponed. 

“༺There are a lot of restrictions which have been🌼 applied to minimise risks of contagion and that is affecting our development capacity,” Binotto explained. 

“Now everything is obviously pending. Before the shutdown, we tried to rec🐲alibrate the development programs on the basis of various calendar hypotheses but, obviously, we must wait for the evolution of the spread of coronavirus in the world and its effects on t꧟he resumption of activities.

“Only when we have a more precise picture will we be able to understand what we will be able to bring to the tra꧂ck in the first Grand Prix🥂 of the season. 

“We have to understand how the situation will develop but we hope that we can go back to running as soon ﷺas possible, once the condit♉ions are right. 

“For our part, we are ready to support F1 and the FI🤡A in this delic𓂃ate phase."