Ferrari have acknowledged that Mercedes are too far ahead to challenge at present, but are hopeful of establishing themselves as the second best team this season.
It comes amid Stefano Domenicali’s resignation and the appointment of Marco Mattiacci who will take over the position of team principal with immediate effect.
The team’s engineering director, Pat Fry, says Ferrari’s short-term aim is to get ahead of McLaren, Williams, Force India and Red Bull, and they’re looking at every possible area for improvements.
“We are naturally working as hard as we can on closing the gap to the top teams, with Mercedes having a reasonable lead over the rest of the field,” Fry said on Tuesday.
“Currently, our first priority is to establish ourselves as the second best team,” he added. “We are looking at all areas of the car – power unit, aero, suspension. We are trying to make as big a step as we can for each and every race.”
The team sit fifth in the constructors’ championship with Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen only managing ninth and tenth respectively in Bahrain.
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