Mattia Binotto plays down Mercedes F1 resurgence: ‘They’ve developed their car more than us'
Mercedes are now just 40 points behind Ferrari in the race for second in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 constructors’ standings with two rounds to go.
Ferrari enjoyed a sig🦄nificant performance advantage over Mercedes up until the summer brea🌱k but have struggled since Spa.
The Italian manufacturer endured their worst weekend of the year at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz finishing over 40 seconds behind race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
On the other hand, Mercedes were Red Bull’s nearest challengers in Austin and Mexico, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton potentially challenging for theܫ victory on both occasions had he been put on a better strategy.
Speaking af༺ter the race in Mexico, Binotto insists he’s not concerned by Mercedes’ mini-resurgence due to the differences in car d💟evelopment this season.
“Mercedes is coming back,” Binotto said. “They have developed more on the car than we did. We know as well we stopped the development of our 🦂car quite early, focusing on 2023.
“So I’m not too concerned by the rate of development because I know as welꦅl when we stopped developing.”
Ferrari haven’t wo♋n a race since the🅷 Austrian Grand Prix back in July, while Red Bull have taken nine wins since then.
Assessing recent races, Binotto added: “Certainly, if I look at the last races, it has not always been great but in Singapore, I think w♋e were very competitive. The one after, Japan, it was in the wet. Yes, we were no☂t as fast as Max but it was not a drama, and certainly not in qualifying.
“In Austin, in quali, we were competitive but not as much as we would have expected in the race. [In Mexico], it was a lot worse. I don’t think it is the same trend because Singapore, c🦋ompetitive; Japan, not t💎oo bad; USA, good quali. So it was a lot more difficult.
“I am hoping this is not a trend but it was a [bad] weekend for us, so the job is to first try to analyse what is going on and what has been the main and try to be back competitive for what is our level of competitiveness, at least for the last two races. We certainly hope to be there and fight for a better result."
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