Binotto says that Vettel will be given priority over Leclerc

Mattia Binotto has said that Sebastian Vettel is still the number one driver at Ferrari and that he will have priority over Charles Leclerc in any 50/50 situations. The reason for this is that Vettel has more experience and has won multiple world championships. Leclerc will be disappointed to hear this after performing so well for the team in Bahrain. 

"Certainly as a team, we need to give the priority to the team, and try to maximise the team's points at the end of the race,” Binotto said to Motorsport.com.

“And as I said at the start of the season if there is a 50/50 situation where we need to take a decision, the advantage would have been given to Sebastian simply because Sebastian has got most of the experience in the team, in F1.

"He won four championships, and certainly for us, he is the driver who's got the most probability to challenge for the title.

“If, as something we agreed with both drivers, in few races’ time, things may change, for whatever reasons – bad luck or whatever could be the situation – we may change our position on that.

“But on the track, they are free to fight, on the track I think if there is one driver who is certainly faster he will get the advantage.

"And I think that Charles, as a matter of fact, had the opportunity to be on pole in Bahrain, he had the opportunity to fight for the winning position in Bahrain.”

The dynamic at Ferrari could provide tension in the future but at the moment everything has been sorted on track and Ferrari will look to control the situation the best they can.