F1, Ferrari: Mattia Binotto doesn’t explain it

“We don’t have such clear explanations.”

Carlos Sainz fifth, more than 56″ behind winner Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc sixth, more than a minute behind: that was the meager, meager haul of the two Ferraris in the race at Mexico’s ‘Hermanos Rodriguez’ circuit.

At the end of such a disastrous weekend, which also meant the loss, by the Monegasque driver of the Rossa, of second place in the world drivers’ championship, the Cavallino’s Team Principal Mattia Binotto did not hide his disappointment. Here are his words released to the microphones of Sky Sport.

“We don’t have such clear explanations for what went wrong,” the engineer began. “We struggled a lot over the weekend but these races, a bit like what had also happened at Spa, are useful to understand our limits. Nothing worked and the balance of the car was not the best.”

“The personal wish is to see a more competitive Ferrari in the next GPs, and we will work for that. It is not excluded that we will change the power unit on Carlos Sainz’s single-seater,” he concluded.

Ferrari was founded in 1947 by Enzo Ferrari, in Maranello, in the province of Modena. It is involved in the Formula One World Championship, where it holds the record for the number of world Constructors’ titles won (16), and in the FIA Sport Prototypes and Endurance World Championships. The official symbol is that of the prancing horse on a yellow background, the color representing the city of Modena.