Felipe Massa is more optimistic about the chances of Ferrari fighting for the podium than technical director Pat Fry. Ferrari hasn't had the best of winter seasons, with the F2012 proving to be handful to understand. The Scuderia is not on the pace yet.
Many questions obviously concerned how the tests had gone and the Scuderias prospects for the beginning of the season. Its true that every year we do less testing so it gets more difficult to understand how the situation stands between the various teams, said Massa. Last year we went very well in the tests then we arrived in Melbourne and we found ourselves a second away from pole position.
I wont hide the fact that we are not 100 percent satisfied with what we have done in these three test sessions in Spain and I would have preferred to be a bit quicker. We have a totally new car and we must still learn about it and get all its potential out of it. I have a very strong team and I have lots of faith in their capacity to be able to develop the chassis during the season.
The truth is we will only discover the situation in Australia when we are all in the same conditions: little fuel in the tank and the softest tyres on the car. Certainly there are some teams that seem very strong like Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes and Lotus seems very quick to me. Then theres a group that has got closer and will fight within the space of a few tenths with Sauber, Toro Rosso and Force India. Still, I still believe that we can fight for the podium: its the only thought I have in my head. But we only have to wait a few more days to have the answer.
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