Ferrari: Red Bull advantage is maximum a couple of tenths

Mattia Binotto has downplayed Red Bull’s pace advantage over Ferrari, saying it is “maximum a couple of tenths”.

The Ferrari team boss reiterated his “hope” that the budget cap will limit Red Bull’s upgrades and allow the Scuderia to close the gap.

Max Verstappen claimed maximum points for the second race in a row, winning the Miami Grand Prix to slash Charles Leclerc’s lead in the Drivers’ Championship from 34 to just 19 points.

He did so in an upgraded RB18, Red Bull introducing several improvements at the Imola race weekend which saw them not only extend their straightline speed advantage, but also pip Ferrari through the slow corners.

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Binotto, though, isn’t worried.

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“In terms of performance assessments, and how much they [Red Bull] developed compared to us, is that a concern? I would say not,” he said as per Autosport.

“I don’t think that the difference is huge. It is a matter of maximum a couple of tenths and we should not forget that [in Miami] we locked the front row.

“In qualifying we had a better performance compared to the Red Bull, so overall, in a weekend, I don’t think there is much difference between the Red Bull and the Ferrari.

“If