Toto Wolff: “Ferrari is an iconic brand and they should be racing at the very front”

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff takes dig at Mattia Binotto by questioning the priorities of “certain members of the Ferrari team” after it registered its worse qualifying performance of the season at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Ferrari reached new lows during Qualifying in Spa, as predicted they struggled for pace and managed 13th and 14th on the grid for tomorrow’s race, 1.7s off the pace of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton on pole position. At the same circuit last year, both Ferraris were on the front row of the grid and Charles Leclerc won the race.

Wolff said Ferrari’s struggle for performance is bad for Formula One and appeared to take aim at the team’s top management.

“Ferrari is an iconic brand and they should be racing at the very front.It’s not good for Formula One, not good for the competition at the front and I very much feel for all the tifosi for this lack of performance.”

“But at the end, one must question the priorities that have been set in recent times and where the lack of performance comes from. Overall, nobody from the fans and the Ferrari people deserve such a result.”

Asked to clarify what he meant by questioning the priorities if the team, Wolff added: “It’s wrong to say Ferrari’s priorities because that drags Ferrari and everybody at Ferrari into this.It’s maybe the decisions that have been made within the team from certain members of the team.”

Though Wolff didn’t mentioned any particular name,everyone in the Paddock believes it was Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto, who Wolff was referring to.