Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has called for a stop to the criticism of Mattia Binotto. As team boss today, Binotto is under fire as the famous Maranello outfit slumps towards the back of the field. “But I don’t see any similarities between this Ferrari and the one I encountered in 1993. “No, because the changes concern the chassis and aerodynamics, not the engine, so Mercedes will be able to carry over the advantage they already have,” said Villeneuve. However, he does agree with Toto Wolff that Ferrari’s slump is bad for F1. “Ferrari could have been the Mercedes of today, but they let go of so many talented engineers, most of all because they were not Italian.

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