Bojan Vrbnjak
Team won last season sixth place in the design championship and for Renault, which ranked fifth, lagged behind 50 points. The 2020 season was for the team from Maranella catastrophic and forgettable. As a result, the pressure is high - even now during the winter break.
After the access of the CEO of Ferrari Louis Camilleri around the Sakhir GP, the team boss is now also under scrutiny Mattia binotto. Because Leo Turrini, a well-informed journalist around Ferrari, has already revealed in his blog that he has binotto also the support of the head of the concern John Elkann, but exist within the company doubters, in terms of team boss skills. One thing is for sure: binotto must show progress this season. She was supposed to help him with that new drive unit, which is more powerful by 30 horsepower. Because the engine was the biggest weak point Scuderie, after they had to go to Maranello after a mysterious arrangement with FIA make changes to the engine.
binotto he has set a goal for this year third place. "This team has been able to win second place in the last five years, once we were third. So I believe third place is not impossible. And I believe that should be our minimum goal for the 2021 season.”But it will be for third place for Mercedes in Red Bullom a fierce battle took place. McLaren wants to return to Mercedes engines to progress, Aston Martin - also with a Mercedes engine - but it's behind the wheel Sebastian Vettl. And that's exactly what it is Binot Thorn in the flesh. Not only will his former racer fight his team, Aston Martin will also benefit greatly from working closely with Mercedes. As there were improvements to the current version of the transmission and rear axle last year, Aston Martin development tokens will not need to be used for these areas.
binotto sees Ferrari in view Aston Martin in a subordinate position. “We only have two chips at our disposal and we are trying to use them to improve on the weaknesses of last season. However, there are teams that currently have no token limit, such as Aston Martin or AlphaTauri.“Also the sister team Red Bull Racing gets certain parts from the first team and therefore does not have to spend development tokens. “These teams will therefore have a competitive advantage over us in terms of development, which we need to be aware of." The boss of Ferrari he also has a team on the fly McLaren. "Other teams will change engine manufacturers and may get an improvement in terms of performance, which we should also be aware of."
Even more so, because McLaren can also be done by changing the engine supplier processing in the drive area, which is otherwise prohibited. This, in turn, means that there will be a struggle between McLarn, Aston Martin in Ferrari sharpened. The seat will be appropriate Binotta getting hotter. “The competition will be very strong again this year. But as I said, I believe we have a strong team here at Maranello that I fully trust and I am confident we will do a better job than we did last year."
