Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur is hopeful that the squad can "fight for both championships" with their new pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. (More Motorsport News)
Leclerc set the pace during Friday's morning session on the final day of testing, with Hamilton taking over driving duties for the afternoon and ended the day in sixth place.
Given the mixed weather conditions that played out across the three-day test, Vasseur said that the true state of play may not become clear until the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in two weeks' time.바카라 웹사이트
And Ferrari will be looking to end their wait for both constructors' and drivers' titles, having finished second to McLaren in the team standings by 14 points last year.바카라 웹사이트
Indeed, the Scuderia have not won the constructors' championship since 2008, when바카라 웹사이트Felipe Massa and바카라 웹사이트Kimi Raikkonen were racing for the Italian team.바카라 웹사이트
It was also바카라 웹사이트Raikkonen who lifted the last drivers'바카라 웹사이트title for바카라 웹사이트Ferrari바카라 웹사이트18 years ago, pipping Hamilton and바카라 웹사이트Fernando Alonso by a singular point in what was an enthralling season.바카라 웹사이트
But speaking shortly after the final day of testing, Vasseur바카라 웹사이트sounded bullish as he spoke of the optimistic atmosphere within the Scuderia heading into Melbourne.
"It has been hard to get a clear read on the overall situation here in Bahrain, as the conditions were changing quite a lot, day by day and from the morning to the afternoon, so it was more similar to Vegas than to the Bahrain we usually know,"바카라 웹사이트said Vasseur.
"Over the past six months, we have worked very hard on this car and have made a good improvement, but we will have to wait until we are all on track in Melbourne to understand where we are.
"If we look at the hierarchy of previous years, what we saw here was not the same as in qualifying a week later, under the same conditions. We will go from 10-15 degrees on the track to the 45 we will have in Australia, so in Melbourne, it will probably be a whole different story.
"We want to fight for both championships, as we know we have two drivers who can do it, and the mood in the team is very positive. We will continue to work hard to be ready in two weeks’ time for the start of the season."
