Gerhard Berger was one of the great protagonists at the opening of the Trento Sport Festival, the event that turned the spotlight on the Trentino capital, transforming it into the sports capital thanks to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
The 63-year-old Austrian is the manager who manages the DTM, the German championship that voted for Gran Turismo, but he did not talk about his present, but rather about his past as a former Ferrari driver and as a McLaren driver who was a team mate. Ayrton Senna’s team …
“Even when I realized that he was better than me – said Gerhard – that an exceptional driver, our friendship has not changed, rather it has cemented”.
Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger team mates McLaren on the MP4 / 6 Honda
Photo by: Ercole Colombo
The jokes that Berger reserved for the Brazilian champion were proverbial, a climate of complicity had been established between the two that was difficult to replicate between two teammates.
Ferrarista at heart, Gerhard did not spare himself an analysis of the Scuderia …
“Binotto has done a great job, as evidenced by the progress from 2021 to this year, which began with the best single-seater on the grid”.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75
Photo by: Alessio Morgese
“It’s tough because Red Bull is used to fighting up front. Ferrari no, the car and the drivers have them, they made team mistakes, but that’s normal. The important thing for 2023 will be to learn from those mistakes ”.
Berger, therefore, looks to the future of the Cavallino with an optimistic eye, even though he knows the Austrian compatriots of Red Bull very well…
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