Mattia Binotto outlines lofty Ferrari ambitions for 2022 season

Ferrari unveiled a great-looking Formula 1 car for the 2022 season earlier this week, and team boss Mattia Binotto says a return to race-winning ways is the target this year for the Scuderia.

In Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, Ferrari have arguably the best driver pairing in the sport but they still need a quick enough car in order to underline that with race victories and championship challenges.

That has to be the plan with the new rules coming in for 2022, then, and, after revealing their eye-catching F1-75 car for the coming campaign, Binotto has said that the top step is the target for the Prancing Horse in 2022.

“We have tackled the challenge of this project with an innovative approach,” he said.

“Because apart from the requirements of the completely new technical regulations we believe that we had to take on this exercise with an open mind.

“It called on all our know-how our creativity and above all our commitment. This is what I would call a brave Ferrari because we have interpreted the rules thinking outside the box.

“I think we’ve got a clear ambition, and that is Ferrari’s ambition, my ambition, that at some time means we need to come to become World Champion.

“But we know as well how difficult it is to close the gap to the best. Last year, at the end of the season, the gap was still very big.

“I think our objective for 2022 certainly is to back to being competitive and being competitive means being capable of winning races.

“I think that’s the way we see at the moment. And I think we will be pretty happy if we will be in that position.”