Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene says he was happy with the turnaround the Italian outfit made over the European Grand Prix weekend in Baku.
The team struggled during practice and qualifying, but Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen bounced back in the race.
Vettel started fourth but moved up to second place with a one-stop strategy, while Raikkonen lost a place to Sergio Perez late on but finished in fourth.
“If we look at where we were on Friday, we can be happy with the step forward that has been made during the weekend,” Arrivabene said afterwards.
“Our race pace was good, albeit not quite as good as it should be. We saw a very good performance by both our drivers.
“As we had seen already in Canada, the engine seems to be our strength, while we still need to work on the other areas, because this car has proven to be very sensitive to set-up changes.
“I have no complaints for Kimi’s penalty: he was racing hard and overtook a lot of cars. When he realized he was being penalized, he then proved to be a very good team-mate to Seb.
“The gap to our main competitors is still there so we have to work hard to improve in the areas where we are still weak and keep focusing on this year, because there’s still a long way to go to the end of the season. Congratulations to Seb for a second place which, once again, shows what a talented driver he is.”
