Marko Hanželic
A great public secret Mercedes success it was hard work before the rules were changed. While they are Red Bull in Ferrari in the battle for the championship spent their resources to the maximum, the silver arrows of the 2012/13 season tackled more with their left hand so that they could fully focus on the new rules for 2014. Success was not lacking, as Mercedes from the start turbo-hybrid period richly reaping the fruits of his previous work, he walks to victory and has won both world titles for the seventh time in a row every year so far.
Ferrari is now facing a similar scenario. As the 2020 regulations remain largely unchanged until the end of 2021, Team he is aware that he can also write off the fight for the title next season. That is why you could v Maranello written off the coming year and get up at an early stage completely focused on 2022.
"Their priority must be 2022. Such opportunities must not be wasted," is for La Gazzetta dello Sport said the sporting director of Formula 1, Ross Brawn. The Briton knows the tactics from his own experience - in 2008 he did Honda with him as head of the team she completely concentrated on 2009 and he himself then as head of his own team BrawnGP after Honda’s withdrawal surprisingly won the title. Also in 2013 he was at Mercedes, when it laid the foundations for later successes.
Ferrari he has a remarkable opportunity to prepare for the new rules in peace. On the other hand, they will Mercedes in Red Bull also hit for the title next year. Anything less than the title of champions, namely v Maranello it doesn’t interest anyone, that’s why it is Ferrari whether he is third, fourth or fifth in the championship.
The situation is similar to the one from seven years ago Mercedes. At the time, they were under Mercedes leadership Brawn advocated for cost reduction, but were later under Toth Wolff become the biggest consumer of money. Admittedly, of course, there has been success. The fact is, however, that the advantage that the German carmaker's team gained at the time failed to nullify any of the other teams.
Ferrari meanwhile, after a weak start to the season towards the end of the season, he woke up and v Turkey with third and fourth place achieved the best result of the season. "It's important for Ferrari to do well now," he said. said the team leader Mattia binotto. "We know we've improved the car."
