Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto was reluctant to accept defeat after his team's setback in the Russian Grand Prix last weekend. The first half of the race looked like the prancing horse were in command for their second one-two in a row before an MGU-K problem forced Sebastian Vettel to park up at Turn Fifteen on Lap Twenty-Seven. Inevitably, the Virtual Safety Car was deployed but because Charles Leclerc had already pitted, it gave rivals Mercedes-AMG Motorsport the advantage to make the switch from the medium compound to the soft for Lewis Hamilton‘s only stop. By the time Leclerc had caught up, Hamilton was in track position to go on and win. The Monegasque would...
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