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Mattia Binotto claims Ferrari team are still in "the learning phase"
Mattia Binotto has blamed Ferrari's poor start to the 2019 Formula 1 season on the number of key personnel changes. He says the team are still 'in the learning phase".
Outside of the obvious Binotto replacing Maurizio Arrivabene as team principal, and Charles Leclerc replacing Kimi Raikkonen, the Italian team experienced some setup changes over the winter.
Mercedes has blown Ferrari away recording five one-two wins, and they now hold a 96 point advantage in the championship. Binotto refuses to call the start of the season a disaster and blames it all on the youth.
"I don’t think it is a disaster by the time that you are improving as a team and, as I often say, we are quite a young team in the learning phase and I think in terms of processes and methodologies there is still much to learn,” Binotto said after the Spanish Grand Prix.
“I am pretty happy that the team is improving. If it is a concept design problem [with its F1 car] then it depends what it is and then we can address it within the season.”
“We will never give up and I think our ultimate objective is to do better than Barcelona. Each circuit is different and in Monaco, it is a different circuit. Our car has some strengths and certainly some weaknesses.”
