Ferrari boss challenges team to ‘react’ to new Formula 1 era. Binotto challenges Ferrari to 'react' to new F1 era.

Scuderia Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto pointed out that the “reaction” to the new Formula 1 regulations will be very important and will decide if the Maranello team can return to its winning ways in the 2022 Formula 1 season.

The Italian side will be targeting its first race win since the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, when Sebastian Vettel scored his last Formula 1 win and the Maranello team’s last victory up to date. The second consecutive championship without a race win for Scuderia Ferrari represents the first time since 1992-93 Ferrari has gone back to back years without success, despite the fact that some improvement was seen last year with two pole positions scored by Charles Leclerc.

Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto explained: “What will be important for us is to keep on growing, no doubt, and to further reduce the gap to the competitors. “I think the new regulations are a clear opportunity and the hope is to be competitive and, for me, to be competitive means being in a position to win races. Would that mean that we can fight for a championship? I think if I look at today, the gap is still big, but I think that certainly, as Ferrari, it’s part of our DNA. What is important is certainly to be capable of fighting at least in races for the pole positions and for the win.” – he added.

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Scuderia Ferrari endured its worst season since 1980 two years ago but recovered well in 2021, beating McLaren in the ‘fight for third’ place in the Formula 1 Constructor Standings, behind only title rivals Red Bull and Mercedes.

“A deficit, again, is the simple consequence of continuous growing and improvement, and so I would be disappointed if we have not improved compared to this year,” added Mattia Binotto – “For me, not improving means, again, being back having a competitive car. It may be that [at] the start of the season, there will be a difference in competitiveness between the cars because of the way that each team may have interpreted the rules and solutions that you may bring. Again, here what I think will be important as Ferrari is being capable of understanding weaknesses and addressing them very quick. So it’s a team reaction which will be key because I think it will be wrong. I said we cannot be confident to have a competitive car in the very start because you never know what may be when you’ve got such a big change.” – the Ferrari boss concluded.