“We don’t want to get into such a fight with them,” Mattia Binotto is unhappy about injustice served to Ferrari in Red Bull penalty appeal
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Mattia Binotto, Ferrari team principal is unhappy about the injustice that caused them a probable win in the Monaco Grand Prix. Ferrari, after the race, filed a protest against the Red Bull regarding after their driver Max Verstappen might have driven his car outside the line while exiting the pit that gave him a heads up against his title rival Charles Leclerc.
However, this protest was rejected by the FIA which made the Ferrari boss furious to talk about other incidents he ignored in place of a proper rivalry against the Red Bull. Binotto pointed out yet another violation ignored by the FIA which gave the Bulls a clear way without penalties. He said the Red Bull didn’t have their tyres set 3 minutes before the restart which was later on delayed.
“We made mistakes, but I also saw a lot of other inaccuracies. With only three minutes until the start signal, Red Bull didn’t have the tyres on [that’s mandatory five minutes before], the FIA postponed the start procedure and then also the issue about the yellow line. Unbelievable!” said the boss in conversation with Italian news media Corriere.
Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen managed to be on the podium yet another time with Perez winning it. It was not a 1-2 but anyhow managed to keep both the Ferrari behind them.
Mattia Binotto talks about a proper rivalry against Red Bull
After the protest got rejected and the Italian team released all of his furies, he also mentioned the rivalry perspective in the championship. He said his team doesn’t want to fight Red Bull in the manner they had to after the Monaco race. Rather he charged the FIA with the mistakes and avoidance they showed on the following race day.
“We were not interested in filing complaints against Red Bull; we don’t want to get into such a fight with them. We do expect clarity and consistency in decisions from the FIA.” said the 52-year-old slamming it as a ‘clear breach of regulations’.
Red Bull and Max Verstappen had improved their lead on the Championship after seven rounds, Ferrari is desperate to make a comeback but is anyhow prevented by the mistakes in the strategies causing them a bunch of points.
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