In Ferrari there is Mattia Binotto who is a “fireman” to avoid blowing up the red passion too soon after the positive indications that emerged from F1-75 in the Barcelona tests, the first pre-season session ended on Friday on the Montmelò track.
The Scuderia has brought home a considerable amount of data for development and the feedback from the track is positive with regards to the quality of the project, which has not shown any particular flaws, and to the reliability of the mechanics.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75
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For the rest, Binotto is quiet, he expects “surprises” from the competition in Bahrain (Mercedes will bring a deeply revised W13) so he doesn’t want to talk about the value of performance …
“We are happy, first of all because we managed to cover many laps. We have become familiar with the car and collected a lot of data, but if we talk about lap times, I think it’s too early ”.
Mattia Binotto, Team Principal, Ferrari, at the press conference
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“In tests, each team runs in different conditions, and everyone is faster than what we have seen these days. It was important for us to grind kilometers and collect as much data as possible, now we will return to Maranello and we will have a few days available for analysis before leaving for Bahrain. The goal now is to try to optimize the car in view of the next tests “.
The position of the Cavallino is clear, but it is curious to record the different ways in which Ferrari is perceived by its rivals, Mercedes and Red Bull in the first place.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes AMG
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Toto Wolff, who expects a competitive redhead, came up with a phrase that created a bit of agitation even in his home, especially in Brixworth, where the Star’s power units are born: “There is a clear feeling that Ferrari currently has the best engine on the grid “. A phrase that serves to put a great expectation for the 2022 World Cup which hopes to find a missing protagonist of the last two years.
Helmut Marko’s analysis was totally opposite: “The Ferrari certainly looks solid, but how much petrol did it have on board?“.
Helmut Marko, Red Bull Racing consultant, talks to Christian Horner
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The Austrian consultant of Red Bull never spends a few words, but “focuses” only on who could annoy the world champion, Max Verstappen and Red Bull. Marko, unlike Wolff who needs a Ferrari capable of fighting for the title, acts in the opposite way, trying to “demolish” the ambitions of the red.
The lapidary sentence said to Auto Motor und Sport, however, is symptomatic of a situation: Milton Keynes crushed the F1-75 ahead of time, preferring to reserve the world championship challenge only with Mercedes or is Helmut’s classic way to destabilize an opponent who is trying to raise his head. In Sakhir we will have the first answers …
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