Ferrari will place the bulk of its development focus on its hoped-for 2022 Formula 1 revival after boss Mattia Binotto said it needs to be “realistic” over its winter gains. Ferrari endured a troubled 2020 campaign with its draggy and underpowered SF1000 and slipped to sixth in the standings. It has revised its power unit and spent its allocated tokens on addressing the rear of the car, providing Binotto optimism that key weaknesses from 2020 have been tackled. Binotto believes Ferrari has made “significant effort” but cautioned that “we need to be realistic [as] the gap to the best last year was… not something we can recover in a single winter.” Formula 1 is introducing...
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