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Vettel on Binott: The comparison to Arrivabene is not fair

This year’s Ferrari result is a real sobering. The team from Maranello scored 288 points by the summer break, Mercedes already 438. But that's not all. Also Red Bull he overtook them.

Seen in points not yet, but that could be the case after the summer break. Sebastian Vettel in Charles Leclerc they have not had to deal with the fight for the title for a long time. Vettel is in fourth place with 156 points and Leclerc is in fifth place with 132 points. In front of the duo Ferrari is even located yet Max Verstappen, which puts fair pressure on Mercedes duo at the top.

It’s a creepy balance sheet in the face of goals and requirements. They are basically even worse than last year when he had it Ferrari at least significantly longer hopes for the first racing title of champion after 2007. When the opportunity was then wasted, this led to a separation from the then team boss Maurizio Arrivabeneja. Seen superficial situation under the new boss Mattia Binotto there is nothing better.

Maurizio Arrivabene had to leave the position of Ferrari boss at the end of 2018

Asked what had changed under Binotto, he did Sebastian Vettel defended his boss: “I don’t think it’s fair to compare them because every year and every situation is a little different. The situation is not easy, we have not won all the races. We didn’t have the first half of the season we were hoping for. Nevertheless, the whole team remained focused and calm,”So German. Also credit Binotta, under which the atmosphere in the team was significantly better from the beginning than with its predecessor.

According to Vettl, Binotto is the right man to drive Ferrari out of the current crisis

The advantage is probably in the fact that he was binotto formerly chief technician, the new is therefore only a position. “His role is only different. But the team is very similar to that a year ago. Not much has changed, which is positive for me. We need to improve, as a team we need to become stronger,” he says Hag. "Only in the coming months will they show whether we have taken the right direction. But Mattia does her job very well and keeps us together. At the same time, it reminds us where we want to go, ” yet concludes Vettel, who believes he is binotto says the man who will Ferrari pulled out of the crisis. 

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