Various Sources
11 December, 2019
FIA President, Jean Todt has tipped his hat to Mercedes by acknowledging that the current era Silver Arrows – led by Toto Wolff and star driver Lewis Hamilton – have done a better job than the mighty team the former Ferrari boss built during his tenure at Maranello.
Although some predict that 2020 will be an epic three-way battle involving Ferrari and Red Bull-Honda, as they try to beat Mercedes who wrapped up their record sixth consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ F1 World Championships.
Speaking at the FIA Prize Giving Gala in Paris, Todt, who was team principal during Ferrari’s great Michael Schumacher era at the turn of the century, said of Mercedes, “They’ve been remarkable.
“It’s like an athlete has to lift 200 kilos – and then hold it up. You need a great driver, a great car and a great team, and if you do not have those three things then it can not work.”
As for the current Silver streak of a dozen titles in six years, compared to the Ferrari heyday, Todt said, “I have to admit that they have done a better job.”
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost told Auto Bild agrees, “Mercedes is the best team ever. Better than McLaren-Honda in the days of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and more dominant than Ferrari in the Michael Schumacher era.”
In October, Sebastian Vettel said the way Mercedes has become so dominant is a testament to the Brackley based German team, “Mercedes is close to perfection. You could argue that their car was just better than ours, but that’s not the point. It’s a team effort.”
Statistic shows that over the past six years Mercedes have won 89 times and scored 179 podiums, while Ferrari of the naughties notched up 58 victories and 126 podiums from 2000 to the end of 2005.
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