“Fatigue” could be partly to blame for team mistakes at Sochi, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto admits. He is delighted that Carlos Sainz raced to the podium by making “no mistakes” in a difficult weekend. Charles Leclerc headed into the Russian GP weekend with Ferrari’s long-awaited 2022 engine upgrade, which Binotto says “worked well”. “We will learn from this as we must try to improve in every area. Some less than perfect pitstops also cost us positions, especially with Charles. “So let’s look at this to understand how to do better. “There are back-to-back races and also physical fatigue that must be taken into consideration.

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