Strong desire to show what we are made of - Domenicali

The Turkish slapping hurt Ferrari but there is no intention of turning the other cheek. The ten points picked up Sunday afternoon, mainly down to a very poor qualifying, which highlighted a significant lack of performance compared to McLaren and Red Bull, is far too sparse a haul for a team that wants to be fighting for the title: everyone at Maranello is perfectly aware of this.

“We have to react immediately and show what we can do,” said Stefano Domenicali at the end of the usual Monday debrief. “The ability to develop the car has always been a strong point for Ferrari and there is no reason why that should not be the case now: the people are the same, as are our work methods. Yesterday at the circuit, at the end of the race, I spoke to the journalists about the need to be innovative and creative and I reprised this message with our engineers this morning. We are a strong and united group and there is a strong desire to show what we are made of.”

Indeed, the team is already working on preparing for the Canadian round. The cars and equipment from Istanbul Park are now on ship heading for the port of Trieste and will arrive in Maranello on Wednesday: only two days later, everything will have to be ready for air-freighting to Montreal. There is no time to pause for breath in this very busy season.