Ferrari looks to improve first lap pace

With a four week gap to the next race in Spain, all eleven teams will be hard at work with testing and developments, as well as sorting out the odd mystery. For Ferrari top of the list is addressing its first lap pace problem that leaves it at risk of being passed by McLaren.

"We can't talk about a specific problem but an optimization that has to be done on the first lap and in handling the car," said Ferrari technical director Mario Almondo. "Kimi's driving style is something that we are evolving in the direction of better performance and use of the car and the package of the car plus the tires and this, as I said, is a normal and natural process that takes more time."

"The only thing that we can do is work as hard as we can with our development program," he added. "There will be an important aero package and a few other things. We have an aerodynamic test at Vairano and then in Barcelona before the race. It's up to our competitors to do more than what we are going to do. I cannot make any prediction on what we have to do."

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