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Daniel Moxon

Toto Wolff fires reliability warning at Mattia Binotto as Ferrari 'drop the ball' in title race

Toto Wolff has declared his Mercedes team will be ready to take advantage if Ferrari "drop the ball" over engine reliability.

It is a hot topic in the wake of the double DNF of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and a major worry for the Italian team. Chief Mattia Binotto admitted as much in the wake of two more engine failures for Ferrari-powered drivers Zhou Guanyu and Kevin Magnussen in the same race.

"We said it even before coming here in Baku, reliability is always a key factor in the battle," said the worried team boss. "As a team, we pushed a lot to develop the car during the winter, but we proved we are not yet fully reliable.

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