The boss of Ferrari Mattia binotto has concerns about the progress the Mercedes team claims to have made at the Barcelona race. George Russell he stepped on the lowest step in Catalonia, his teammate Lewis Hamilton he was fifth, but after breaking a tire in the first lap and having to wrestle from the background.
Toto wolff was after the race of opinion to be Hamilton fought for victory if he was not forced to visit the pits, and the team’s appetites have increased so much that we can now already hear out loud statements about tricolor of relics for the world crown.
Mattia binotto disagrees with such statements and reminds Mercedes people of the fact that Russell was 32 seconds behind in third place, a difference of up to Charles Leclerc however, it would be even greater if the latter were not tempted by the drive unit.
“The difference is similar to what we had last year compared to them and Red Bullom, ” the comparison was offered by the team boss Ferrari and added: "Congratulations on having managed to solve the problem with the speed of the car, but they still have a lot of work to do, as they were seven tenths slower in qualifying, despite the fact that the lap here in Barcelona is relatively short."