Berger: Competitive Ferrari ‘very important for F1 brand’

Gerhard Berger is pleased to see his old team back at the front of the sport, adding that a successful Ferrari is a successful Formula 1.

The Scuderia endured their worst Constructors’ Championship performance for 40 years back in 2020 and, while they managed to recover some of the gap to the front last season, the arrival of Formula 1’s new regulations have seen Ferrari take advantage and catapult themselves back to the top of the field, battling it out with Red Bull.

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Now that the sport’s oldest and most successful team is back winning races, their former driver emphasised how important it is to the whole of Formula 1 to see Ferrari fighting at the front once again.

“I’m very happy that Ferrari can once again have a say in the championship title,” Berger said, as quoted by Speedweek.

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“Ferrari is still the core of Formula 1. If there is too long a lean period, like in 2020 and 2021, then that is not good, a winning Ferrari is very important for the entire Formula 1 brand.”

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