Sport shorts: Ferrari to start season ‘behind’ F1 rivals Mercedes and the Premier League is launching a hall of fame

Ten things from the world of sport on Thursday 27 February

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel drive during pre-season testing
Mercedes’s Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel drive during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
(Image credit: Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)

1. Binotto: Mercedes still the best team

Ferrari go into the 2020 Formula 1 season hoping to end Mercedes’s domination at the front of the grid, but team principal Mattia Binotto admits that the Silver Arrows are still out in front.

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