Binotto: Thanks to the regulations, racing will become more interesting.

Binotto: Thanks to the regulations, racing will become more interesting.

      

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Binotto: Thanks to the regulations, racing will become more interesting.

Mattia Binotto, head of the Audi F1 project, is confident that thanks to the new regulations the races will become more exciting and competitiveness among the teams will quickly even out.