Mattia Binotto insists that he is not worried about the risk of Charles Leclerc suffering another engine failure at the Canadian GP.
Mattia Binotto insists that he is not worried about the risk of Charles Leclerc suffering another engine failure at the Canadian GP.
This is despite the fact that he admitted immediately after Baku that reliability "certainly is a concern" for Ferrari's prospects in pursuit of its first world drivers' title since 2007.
"I don't have an answer yet," Binotto told the when asked what went wrong with Leclerc's power unit last Sunday.
"On Tuesday, the UP will be analyzed at the factory and we will understand it better. However, I am not worried about Montreal because we will have a new engine and these problems should not occur with low mileage."
"As for the rest of the year, we need to find a solution as soon as possible."
Binotto stated that although Ferrari has proven to be good at reacting, "solutions cannot be found in two or three days."
According to him, the reliability problems are simply a consequence of how much Ferrari had to improve after the deep competitive crisis of 2020 and 2021.
"We focus first on performance, and when we reach our goals, we think about reliability - also because these engines are frozen for four years," Binotto added.
"However, that doesn't mean we take any risks - we thought we had achieved a sufficient level of reliability. We will keep working."