The umpteenth extension in the standings on the McLaren, operated in the Qatar Grand Prix, has actually allowed the Ferrari to secure the third position in the constructors’ championship. A result identified as a seasonal goal by the Maranello team and achieved thanks to a decidedly more consistent second half of the championship by the red team compared to the Woking team, which has collected only four points in the last three races. As the Cavallino team principal himself has remembered for almost two years, Mattia Binotto, the total attention of the whole Ferrari environment is directed to the 2022 season.
The change in technical regulations has been identified by the team’s management as the perfect time to try to cancel the gap that separates the Scuderia from Mercedes and Red Bull. The hope is to be able to provide Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz with a vehicle that can bring the two redhead riders closer to that world title that has been missing since 2007. Speaking with the site Autosport.com, Binotto himself reiterated that all the work done by the team this year is entirely aimed at reaping fruits over the next season. “We never really developed the current car – admitted the number one of the red box – we introduced a couple of developments at the start of the season and that’s it“.
The only measures, however rather effective, were those brought to the power unit. Even in this case, however, the ultimate goal has always been to strengthen next year’s project. “That too was a development ahead of 2022 – confirmed Binotto – all our efforts, since the beginning of the season, have always been for the 2022 car. We have never compromised. It never even occurred to us to try at some stage to penalize 2022 to the advantage of 2021. We knew we could fight for third place at the start of this season. – concluded the Ferrari team principal – we knew it could be a balanced challenge, but we also knew that our main goal in 2021 was not third place, but trying to improve in all the details as a team. The third place was simply an output “.
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