Ferrari boss wants team to set record straight

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali says he is out to set Ferrari's Monaco record right after the team struggled at last year's event. He is, however wary of McLaren's improved pace and the challenge Hamilton and Kovalainen will pose this weekend.

"As we all know, unfortunately last year, Monte Carlo and Canada were not really very good grands prix for us and we had to consider that situation and try to understand the reasons why, on top of the philosophical decision on the car," Domenicali said. "But we need to think how to do a different approach. We had a long study of the set-ups that we had in past years and tried to better understand the tire usage and tire pressure. That is the way we are preparing for this weekend and I would say that sure it will be very tough."

"Our main competitor is very, very strong, no doubt," he added. "It seems they are getting better with the single lap straight away. We will target a little bit more on that but we need to think that, for sure, the general gap, if I may say, is small, so we will fight until the end. We don't forget that it seems on Saturday and Sunday the weather will be very, very tricky, so a lot – above all in those conditions – will maybe be very different. It will require a lot of concentration."