Ferrari boss reacts to unfortunate outcome of Spain GP and also pinpoints some “positive aspects”. Ferrari boss reacts to unfortunate outcome of Spain GP.

Scuderia Ferrari’s total of points from the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya most definitely did not live up to expectations. After a great qualifying session yesterday, only Carlos Sainz managed to score points today, making his way back up to fourth at the checkered flag, having dropped down the order outside the top ten after a spin on lap 7. Charles Leclerc was forced to retire due to an engine issue, while the Monegasque driver was in the lead with a comfortable gap over the rest of the field, as the victory seemingly in the bag for Scuderia Ferrari until the unfortunate incident.

Mattia Binotto, Team Principal & Managing Director, comments and impressions at the end of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona:
“Clearly, we’re not happy with today’s result. It’s disappointing to have had a problem with the power unit that robbed Charles of what would have been a well-deserved win, especially as the team in Maranello has done an excellent job of developing the power unit this season. Carlos finished fourth, coming back from a difficult situation. Probably, he still does not get quite the feeling he wants from the F1-75 and it’s up to us to help him become completely comfortable with it. He is tenacious, he studies the situation and never gives up and so I am sure that he will soon come to feel really at ease in the car.” – he said, as reported by the Maranello team’s official website after the race.

“After a result like this, I think we should look at the positive aspects. I said that after the first six races, we would be able to assess the performance levels and hierarchy among the teams and today, we can say that we have built a good car and we have done a fine job of developing it. The Barcelona track is demanding in many ways and it has usually been something of a bogey circuit for us, but the F1-75 was the quickest car on track yesterday and today, Charles was comfortably in the lead, running at a very good race pace.

Now we will find out what the problem was that stopped him. Unfortunately, these things can happen, to us and to the competition, but given how many races are left this season, I’d say we have seen that we can fight for the wins in the upcoming Grands Prix, starting with Monaco, Charles’ home race and luckily, we only have to wait until next Sunday.” – Mattia Binotto concluded.