The atmosphere between Ferrari and Mercedes was already times better. In the press conference on the Friday before the Grand Prix of Austria Mattia Binotto was a swipe against his German-British colleagues do not resist.

The Ferrari team boss was asked about it, that Ferrari with the SF1000 is obviously not managed the big hit, it is but in the tricky Situation that 2021 is not a completely new car may be developed. The decision agreed sources in the formula 1, in order to keep in front of the Background of the corona crisis, the costs in the framework.

the Ferrari would have been able to load it with his Veto, but - although this may mean that you could lose in 2020 and 2021 is equal to two seasons.

to support The decision was not, therefore, accept "easy", but Ferrari had handled the issue "very responsibly", "because it is important for the Sport". "Particularly for the small Teams," underlines Binotto. And: "I think that Ferrari is great for the Sport in a responsible manner."

conversely, Mercedes has blocked the decision in the second race of the season, the Grand Prix of Styria, a new Format with a Qualifying race and a main race with reverse grid to try out. A fact, of course, Binotto a side swipe not resist can.

"My hope is that not only Ferrari to compromise accepted," he says. "I was disappointed that the sprint race Format was rejected by a single Team. Because I am convinced: If everyone looks only to his own advantage, then, many decisions would not have been possible, we have made during the shutdown."

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