The oldest F1 team says her car is bad because she's so young

There is so much pre-season hype in Formula One that one of the best topics of the year is how each team, with the exception of Mercedes, notes its lack of competition. This time, it turns out that Ferrari – the oldest F1 team still in the race – claims to be so young that they do not know very well what they are doing.

Ferrari competed more regularly in F1 than any other team, that is to say since the early 1950s. In theory, they had more opportunities to improve their craft than anyone else.

Despite that, they have been playing for two years with Mercedes. Even after a dead season, they claim to have the fastest car. However, as team boss Mattia Binotto told Motorsport.com, there is a reason for this:

I do not think it's a disaster when you improve as a team. And as I often say, we are a young team, we are learning about a learning phase.

I think that in terms of process and methodology, there is still a lot to learn and I am rather happy when the team improves. If it's a concept, it obviously depends on what it is, but I think there are points that you can tackle in the course of time. 39, a season.

The so-called Ferrari youth is the reason why they have apparently developed the wrong car this year. The whole concept they used was off. Rather than opting for a higher support model, Ferrari focused on managing air leaching and improving aerodynamic efficiency. Thus, they could have speed in a straight line, but the Ferrari leaves something to be desired in turns.

There is however a small part of truth to claim that the team is new on the block. Binotto replaced former Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene in January 2019. The driver Charles Leclerc is in his second F1 season. And yes, they also had a fairly constant turnover of staff this year. So, you could type of say that they are "new".

Mercedes certainly made them look new with their absolute dominance over the Italian team this season.

"Young" was probably not the correct word to use to describe the Ferrari team. But that's preeeetty far off the list of Ferrari errors this season.