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5最新开奖结果:F1 constructors’ standings with two rounds to go.
Ferrari enjoyed a significant performance advan🌠tage over Mer♚cedes up until the summer break but have struggled since Spa.
The Italian manufacturer endured their worst weekend of the year at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz finishing over 40 seconds behind race winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.
On the other hand, Mercedes were Red Bull’s nearest challengers in Austin and Mexico, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton potentially challenging for the victory on both occasions had he been put on a better strateg⛦y.
Speaking after the race in Mexico, Binotto insists he’s not concerned by Merc💛edes’ mini-🌼resurgence due to the differences in car development 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 c𒊎ar quite early, focusing on 2023.
“So I’m not too concerned by the rate of development because I know as well when we stopped developღing.”
Ferrari𒆙 haven’t won a race since theꦡ 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 ꦕbut in Singapore, I think we were very competitive. The one after, Japan, it was in the w🌞et. Yes, we were not 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 t♏he same trend because Singapore, competitive; Jap𒅌an, not too 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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