Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has reviewed the team's season ahead of the final race of the 2019 Formula 1 season, and whilst Ferrari have once again finished second to Mercedes, which Binotto says will "never be good enough", there were some positives.
Ferrari head into the final race with a 222-point deficit to Mercedes with three wins versus 14, but Ferrari's season took a turn after the summer break with a run of pole positions, and Binotto says they can at least be pleased with that.
"Abu Dhabi is the last race of what has been a long season for everyone," he said. "For us at Scuderia Ferrari, it was a year of new beginnings, with team members taking on new roles and Charles [Leclerc] in his first year with us and our aim was to build the foundations for the future.
"Of course there were highs and lows: the first part of the season did not go the way we wanted, but I certainly value the way we all stood together, rolled up our sleeves and fought back.
"Particularly noteworthy was the way we reacted after the summer break, with three race wins in a row and a run of six consecutive poles positions, as well as our win in Monza, just days after the incredible celebration of the 90 years of the Scuderia, in Milan, in front of a huge crowd."
However he conceded that being beaten isn't in Ferrari's mantra and therefore a hard winter awaits the team in order to close down on its rivals.
"Finishing second will never be good enough for Ferrari and we are looking ahead to a very intense winter to keep building as a group," he said. "The aim is to come back stronger to be up to the challenges that await us.
"As the season draws to an end, I would like to say thank you to our tifosi all over the world for their passionate support all year long. This weekend, we will try to give them the best possible result with which to finish the season."
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