Binotto predicts: 'If we do this, a third place finish is realistic'

Looking ahead to the second half of the 2021 season, Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto sees plenty of great achievements ahead for his two drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. If the team can continue the momentum it has picked up into the second half, the team boss predicts, third place in the constructors' championship is a realistic outcome.

Asked, in conversation with Autosport.com, what Ferrari's goal is in 2021, Binotto explained: "The objective is trying to improve furthermore in all the areas. And to do that, I think if we are capable of doing that continuous improving, I think that the outcome will be arriving third."

"I think that being third is certainly a possible objective. We are third at the moment, equal on points but we are third, but the team is doing well and we are improving", continued the Italian.

Binotto also reiterates the perfect driver combination he believes he has found in Sainz and Leclerc. Binotto: ""I think, as I said, I think we've got the best line-up, and there is still a lot of potential to come from them, they are progressing, they are learning."