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Mattia Binotto concedes there will “always” be pressure on Ferrari to perform, it is up to the team to put it aside and focus on the job at hand.

Ferrari last won the Drivers’ Championship title back in 2007, the Scuderia coming up just short six times in the years since Kimi Raikkonen’s triumph.

This year, though, it was supposed to be different with the Tifosi dreaming of glory following Charles Leclerc’s second win of the season in round three.

But then it began to unravel with the Ferrari of old coming into the mix as one mistake followed another, the Monégasque driver alone losing 108 points through botched strategies and poor reliability.

Binotto has denied it’s a case of Ferrari buckling under pressure, saying pressure is par for the course as Ferrari.

“Our goal was to be competitive again, and be competitive for the whole season,” the Italian team boss told Motorsport.com in a wide-ranging interview.

“We started well, and so far we have remained competitive thanks to a good job of developing the car. So up to now we are achieving what were the initial goals.

“The pressure… well, if you are Ferrari there will always be, it is something we cannot change because it is part of what this brand represents in terms of history, and it is obvious that there are always high expectations.

“We just have to live with the pressure, because it will never go away. And I think that