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Mattia Binotto: “We lack Schumacher’s winning mentality”
Mattia Binotto reviewed Ferrari's 2022 season. ©DPPI
With targets revised upwards for the start of the new technical regulations and after two complicated seasons to say the least, Mattia Binotto had hope for this 2022 campaign. It must be said that the great start of his F1-75 securing the double from the opening Grand Prix in Bahrain with the victory of Charles Leclerc before Carlos Sainz foreshadowed a good year.
Finally, the Team Ferrari cracked under the pressure at key moments. A pressure that she was no longer used to due to lack of playing the leading roles and which pushed her to make mistakes on countless occasions, leaving big points along the way and, above all, slipping away. Red Bull et Max Verstappen leading both championships. A detail of which the boss of this team, Mattia Binotto, is fully aware.
« It's no longer enough to do your homework well, he told our colleagues at the Journal of Sport. To win, you have to constantly improve. For this, we must give 120% if not 130% ».
Binotto marked by bad luck
Full of realism, Mattia Binotto recognized the difficulties encountered by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both on the track and in the pit lane. However, the main Ferrari team wanted to point out that their team has come a long way, which should not be neglected when we know the progress made by the Scuderia since 2020.
« We have experienced very difficult seasons, with the 6e place among Manufacturers in 2020, he recalls. We have been marked by these years because we have been under pressure and criticized. In a way, they shaped us. We promised we would be competitive again and we kept our promise, but what I mean is that between having a good car and drivers and the ability to maximize every situation, there is still a step to cross."
In conclusion, Mattia Binotto made a comparison between the Scuderia Ferrari 2022 that he manages and the one he discovered when he arrived in the engine department in 1995. For the transalpine manager, a determining factor is missing. “ The winning mentality that (Michael) Schumacher had in his time and who pushed you to do better after each victory »
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DANIEL MEYERS
27/09/2022 at 03:08 a.m.
This will please its pilots. And him ? Doesn't he lack the mentality of Jean Todt?!
Laurent MOLINEAU
27/09/2022 at 02:49 a.m.
For me: the Scuderia since Binotto's leadership has been amateurism punctuated by poor race management and mechanics who could very well be improved...