The Mexico City Grand Prix weekend has finally come to life, with the qualifications disputed on the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit which were among the most spectacular of the entire season. However, unjustified absent was the Ferrari, clearly defeated by both Red Bull and Mercedes. Carlos Sainz took fifth place on the grid and will start from the third row, while Charles Leclerc did even worse, even seventh and overtaken by Valtteri Bottas’ Alfa Romeo. Mattia Binottointerviewed by Sky Sport F1he said his about this empty lap of the Cavallino, hoping for a step forward for tomorrow’s race.
“The race will be less complicated – declared the number one of the red wall, who remained in Maranello during this weekend to also follow the development of the 2023 car – because we will all have a load of gasoline. Today we were on the ice, but tomorrow everything will be easier. The race will be beautiful to see and will be tight “. Charles Leclerc pointed out how it seemed to him that his car had a loss of power on the straight. Binotto, questioned on the matter, tried to go into detail on the disappointing Q3 of the two reds: “The data of the Leclerc engine? We haven’t had a chance to watch them yet – admitted the Ferrari boss – but there was a problem with his DRS which broke in the final part of the last attempt “.
“Mexico is a difficult track to drive due to the thin air – continued the Ferrari team principal – there is little grip, but it is a constant and it is a characteristic of this track, everything is more critical also for the PU and there can be pumping phenomena, all things we know. What if I expected such a complicated qualification? We knew that it would be a tight qualification. If Sainz had put the sectors together he would have gone to the front row. But it is difficult. Q3 went like this, it could happen to others, but it happened to us. This was a spectacular qualifying, we need to turn the page and look to tomorrow ”. Finally, Binotto denied that Ferrari had been ‘set’ on a set-up designed exclusively for the race: “We think the most loaded configuration is the best overall, both in qualifying and in the race. We are fully loaded like Mercedes and we have the same speed. We are not too loaded“.
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