Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is pleased with their progress in testing but believes Mercedes and Red Bull remain the favourites heading into the new season.
“We are not the favourites,” he said, “I think the favourites are the teams that were the best last year because they are strong teams, they have proved they can be very fast, they’ve got a fantastic team.
“On-track I think they are showing that they are very, very fast. So I think if they are [favourites], we are outsiders. It’s true that we have a good start of testing and a good start of season. But becoming favourites – I think we need first to have good races.”
Binotto said the two teams who led the way in 2021 will be the ones to beat this year, despite the radical change in technical regulations during the off-season.
“I think both Red Bull and Mercedes have very strong and fast cars,” he said. “Those teams are very strong as well.
“I can see that even on the last day Red Bull have brought…