Mark Webber isn’t writing off Ferrari’s chances of competing for the win at the first race in Melbourne later next month, despite a disappointing start to testing for the Italian squad.
The Australian is certain that Fernando Alonso will be on the pace no matter what.
“As long as Fernando has a steering wheel in his hand he is always there, so you can never discount Fernando,” he said on Friday.
“We have seen it in the past where people are not very organised in the winter but then arrive at the first race extremely organised,” he added. “I think McLaren look pretty well prepared.”
Felipe Massa, who tested the Ferrari on Friday, believes the outfit have finally found the required path to unlocking the F2012’s pace.
“I think it’s definitely the direction we need to follow for these last days of testing we have, and I think today was a positive day, not so much in the morning but in the afternoon,” said the Brazilian.
“I have to say that now we are a little bit more positive because we found the direction to work and I’m sure now, having found the direction, we can see the development coming.
“In the afternoon we were able to do more than eight/nine timed laps consistently. The laps were very consistent and it was very positive. We still need to work a lot but at least we found the direction to get a much better car to drive, not just for laptime for also for consistency.”
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