“I was very nervous,” Mattia Binotto admits to stop watching the final laps of the Austrian GP because of Charles Leclerc’s throttle problems

“I was very nervous,” Mattia Binotto admits to stop watching the final laps of the Austrian GP because of Charles Leclerc’s throttle problems

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto

Mattia Binotto admits leaving his seat in the last three laps after Charles Leclerc accounted having troubles with his pedal with Max Verstappen just behind him. But Leclerc managed things very well and finished off an amazing win in the Red Bull Ring, overtaking his rival three times over the course of 71 laps.

Lap 57 saw another heartbreak for the Tifosi after Carlos Sainz went off the track with his engine blowing up which ended his race literally on fire. Sainz was very comfortable with his car and was overtaking Max for the second position, ending Ferrari’s race with an easy looking 1-2. However, things again took turns with the engine failure for one and Pedal problems for the other Ferrari. Scuderia has already seen a lot of wins taken away from their hand caused due to the reliability issues they are suffering from. Mattia Binotto was worried about the same thing happening again on the Austrian land this time.

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“But so nervous that I stopped watching the race in the last three laps, ” said Mattia. Charles’ problem tends to be a mechanical problem which the team back at Maranello is looking deep into.

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Mattia Binotto gives updates on Carlos Sainz’s issues in the Austrian GP

Mattia Binotto
Carlos Sainz’s engine blew up in the Austrian GP

Carlos Sainz was all set for another podium this season and finishing the job with a 1-2 in the bag, but things weren’t well for the Spaniard. He suffered a blow giving him his fourth DNF after the reliability issues becoming more and more common for the Ferrari team now.

Mattia has cleared the work over this failure is going on in Maranello and it seems to be the same as Charles’ blow on the streets of Baku.

“Obviously we need to look at what happened today,” he said. “Is it the same we had already in Baku with Charles? Very likely, ” Binotto confirmed.

“It’s certainly a concern, but the people back at Maranello are working very hard trying to fix things. Obviously, looking at what happened to Carlos, it has not been solved yet,” said Binotto.

Mattia believes in the changed parts in the new engines the drivers are receiving and it was very much overpowered as seen in the Red Bull Ring. But things still need to go perfectly for the Scuderia if they want to make Red Bull run for their money.

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