Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says there is no need for changes in the Formula One team despite their catalog of mistakes in the first half of this season.
Ferrari added to their long list of mistakes from this season as they let victory and then a podium finish slip through their fingers at the Hungarian Grand Prix. with problematic strategy calls.
After the race, Charles Leclerc said Ferrari must “get better overall”.
Binotto thinks Ferrari just needs to understand why it made mistakes in Budapest rather than make radical changes to its race day operation.
“It’s not a matter of luck, and nothing has changed either,” Binotto said after Sunday’s race. “It’s always been a matter of constantly learning and building, building experience, building skills.
“There’s definitely something that you need to consider [from the race] and understand why. But if I look back at the balance of the first half of the season, there is no reason why we should change.
“I think we just need to address what went wrong today, we need to understand, and then address and regain competitiveness at 12 races so far and why it can’t. happens on the next leg.”
As a result, Max Verstappen and Red Bull take the lead in two F1 championships going into the summer break.
Charles Leclerc is 80 points behind Verstappen, an advantage that seems insurmountable in the latter part of the season.
Leclerc was annoyed when Ferrari did not listen to his objections about the strategy they introduced in Hungary.
Binotto thinks Leclerc and Ferrari will come back even stronger after the summer break.
“As a leader as he is [key] to keep building, building for the team and building for yourself step by step, and I think to see each race as an opportunity to win,” Binotto said.
“We are winning and losing completely. Today has not been a great game but I think there is still a lot of potential and potential.
“First, we need to focus to understand the reasons for today, address them, and come back stronger.”
