Ferrari Boss Mattia Binotto Announces Sad News for the Team’s 2020 Hopes

The start of the 2020 F1 season is only a month away. Mercedes would obviously be the favorites to win the championship again. However, Don’t rule out the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull. With the possibility of having an 8 race championship, the teams challenging for the title will have to have a strong start. Ferrari’s SF1000 car looked off the pace in pre-season and seemed to have some weaknesses. Now whether the Maranello based outfit was sandbagging or not, we don’t know. But they would want to end their silverware drought as soon as possible.

Mattia Binotto who is the Ferrari boss tells us if the car is championship-winning material or not.

“I don’t expect Ferrari to be the fastest car in Austria”- Binotto

the Scuderia’s Team Principal was in conversation with Marca. When asked if they had managed to iron out the weaknesses that were evident in pre-season, he said, “ We have not been able to work much due to the long closure of the factories. There has been no opportunity to develop the car or work in data or wind tunnels. We have restarted work a few days ago and we are trying to fix those weaknesses, but we are where we were in Australia and it will be a car similar to the one that starts in Austria. developments will come later.”

Speaking about his team’s chances in the first few races, he said, “ I do not expect ( Ferrari) to be the fastest car in Austria. We must achieve the maximum possible points at the start of the World Cup and try to react afterward.”

If Ferrari ends up underperforming in the first 3 races, there’s a big reason to worry. As, in the event of an 8 race Championship, a 3 race deficit is simply not enough, possibly even for third in the Constructors.

With Coronavirus wreaking havoc on the 2020 calendar, it isn’t crazy to imagine an 8 race season that decides the Championship. That could severely dent the Scuderia’s hopes of glory in 2020.

“Although there are fewer development options with the new regulations that has frozen several parts of the car. we have accepted these changes because of our responsibility to F1. It will make it more difficult for us but that doesn’t mean impossible. I think we will know the true potential of the car after three races.” Binotto added.

It’ll be a tense wait for the Tifosi to find out if they can challenge for the title. However, this statement from Binotto could make Red Bull fans more optimistic.