Ferrari believes “the premise of a spectacular race in Bahrain is there”. Mattia Binotto was interviewed by Sky Italia .

Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto was interviewed by Sky Italia on the final day of 2022 official Formula 1 pre-season testing session at the Bahrain International circuit and made a short assessment on the Maranello team’s prepartions for the new season, while also carefully looking on Ferarri’s main rivals, Mercedes and Red Bull, who remain favourites for the 2022 Formula 1 championship, as explained by Mattia Binotto earlier today:

“Happy faces at Ferrari? We are aware of the value of our opponents. They’re strong and they’re proving it today. They say we are the favourites but we’re not. Last year’s champions are Red Bull and today they brought developments and show that they are strong. The competition will be strong. There are smiles from us, even from our drivers but for a car that can be taken to the limit. It’s a good base. We arrived prepared and collected a lot of data. We did a lot of laps and gathering information was our objective. What grade would I give us? 8 for the preparation.” – the Ferrari boss said.

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“We are more ready to fight than last year. We always said that 2022 was an opportunity. Today we are at the top, but then we have to explain and tell the story of this day, with the tyres and the performance of others. But we are not far off. We will need three – four races to understand the potential of everyone and next weekend’s results will not be definitive. It’s difficult to judge at the moment, but I can say that there will be three teams close together. And they are the favourites, we’re the outsiders. Don’t read too much into these lap times. Everyone is trying to hide their true potential. Our feeling is that everything will be very close. The road will be long and not only the starting point but the whole development will count. But the premise of a spectacular race is there!” – Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto concluded on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain.