Ferrari have said its priority in the future must be to ensure its car can use its tyres better – after again seeing its form slump on harder compound rubber during the Belgian Grand Prix.
“We saw Vettel performing very, very well on the hard tyres, so that is why we were focusing on seeing where we were matching them,” explained Domenicali.
“It is a shame because I think that Fernando did really a great race, always attacking. I think that unfortunately we are not happy about the result and the classification, and the other thing that for sure we cannot be happy about is the fact that when the tyres were not working at the proper temperature range we are not able to match the pace that we should be able to do. That is the biggest task that we need to work on the project for next year.”
“Honestly I don’t know,” he said. “For sure we came here with a clear idea that there was not really a problem. I cannot say if that was the problem, because the real problem is that when we have tyres working outside the working range of conditions, then we are suffering. This is the problem.
“It is not only related to that. It is related to a lot of factors, and it would be great to have a clear vision of all of that because it would mean we have solved that issue. That is something we need to work on flat out, to be honest.”
