Mercedes boss Toto Woff admitted that he expects Scuderia Ferrari “to be right there” in the challenge for the 2022 Formula 1 titles.
Last year the Italian side endured its worst championship in the last 40 years, but the Maranello team was able to fight its way back closer to the top and sits third in the constructors’ standings ahead of the last 12 rounds of the 2021 Formula One season:
“We need Ferrari in the fight,” – Toto Woff said – “This needs to be a championship where there are four or five teams that can win, that compete against each other and Ferrari needs to be right there. They have a good driver line-up. They have recovered from last year, and I expect them to be right there next year with us, hopefully, Red Bull and McLaren and Aston Martin and Alpine and whoever because that will make the championships just so much more interesting for the spectators.” – he explained.
Scuderia Ferrari was the main rival of Mercedes for championship success in both 2018 and ’19 with Sebastian Vettel pushing Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ fight until the last races of the season. Despite the rivalry, Toto Wolff expressed his appreciation for Monza and the Italian Grand Prix declaring the Italian fans as ‘fair’.
“Ferrari is a formidable brand and with a great bunch of people that work there with patience. Heading to Monza, with the Tifosi, there isn’t a better feeling going into a racetrack, and also, the fairness that I have always experienced there.” – the Mercedes Team Principal concluded.
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