Patrese: “Audi is in F1 to win. But it’s not easy, Ferrari has been trying for 20 years”

F1, the new ones in difficulty It is said that the regulatory revolutions mix the cards in Formula 1, leading the smaller teams to dream. The changes, however, are often best interpreted by the best teams, which have highly efficient structures and more ability to adapt than low-end teams. It is therefore not surprising that in the Montmeló shakedown the two teams furthest behind were Audi and Cadillac, both due to technical problems and the speed of the car. These are two giants of the four wheels, but at the highest level of motorsport you cannot expect to excel immediately. And above all, no one is expected: Audi knows this well, whose F1 project manager Mattia Binotto spoke of being competitive in 2030 and of “a list of problems that has never been so long in my entire career”. Patrese’s words Audi’s not encouraging times do not alarm Riccardo Patrese, for whom the house of the four circles will suffer at the beginning but will be able to grow: “It will be hard for them. We have to see how good they will be with the engine. But Audi is Audi, when they compete they are always very good”, these are his words to the BetVictor website. “Audi doesn’t come to F1 just to participate, they want to win. But it’s not easy to win. Ferrari has been waiting for almost 20 years.” There are also many more doubts about Cadillac, which according to Patrese has made a mistake in the market: “I’m not sure about the choice of the two drivers. They are good, but too old. An expert driver is fine, both Perez and Bottas, but it would have been better to have a second new one, very hungry. Having two identical drivers, neither of whom has proven to be a world champion, is strange. They are both a little below the level of a real world champion.”