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Binotto blames tyres for Ferrari's woeful pace in Belgium

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto has blamed a lack of understanding of the Pirelli tyres this weekend as the cause of its woeful showing on Friday, which saw Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel only 15th and 17th quickest. The duo were half a second slower than customer team Alfa Romeo, with only the Williams and Haas cars slower. Speaking on Friday evening, Binotto admitted the team were struggling to get the tyres into the right temperature window at the start of the lap, which was then having a knock-on effect throughout the entire lap of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. 'It didn't look too pleasant from the outside, certainly not from the inside as well,' he commented on their...
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