Ferrari will initiate a new facade wing at the Turkish Grand Prix this Sunday. But leader designer Nikolas warns it is improbable that they will be in the place that they should be.
The Scuderia have made an unsatisfactory start to the 2011 campaign and Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are yet to claim a dais position three races into the season. The team have also resist with their pace in qualifying with Alonso claiming their best grid location of P5.
After a long break between the Chinese Grand Prix and the upcoming Turkish GP, Nikolas feels they have improved.I think we will be closer, but I don't think in Turkey we will be in the position we should be in,Nikolas said in a conference with Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
He established that the Ferrari 150 Italia will sport several improve in Turkey, including a new front wing.In Istanbul we will have a new front wing, and following changes in the brake system, but our car has a long road to recovery. We are facing problems, and there are still many things to do,the Greek said.
As for their woes so far this year, Nikolas insists that it's not a wasted year and says cultural rebellion will help the team to return to the top. Ferrari have come under criticism in recent years for no longer being at the front when it comes to modernism and Nikolas concedes they haven't been as hostile as they should be.
We realized that in recent years we have been more traditional, less aggressive in the development and ideas we have bring forward, he said. He added that they have shifted gears to be 100 per cent focused on things that matter and we already have very attractive projects ahead.