Ferrari may not be putting too much weight into Fernando Alonso's best time at Jerez, however, it has gone a long way towards easing their concerns.
Prior to Friday's final day at the Spanish circuit, Ferrari had failed to break into the 1:19s, a feat all their main rivals had achieved.
This prompted technical director Pat Fry to reveal that he had a few concerns.
"I am not happy with where we are at the moment," he said on Thursday.
"There is a lot of room for us to improve. Reliability-wise it is good. Performance-wise I think we are okay.
"But we can play around with the performance and improve the car in some corners, and some particular parts of the corner. But I would not say I am happy yet until we get the whole thing working."
Less than 24 hours, Alonso posted a 1:18.877 - the fastest time of the day and the second quickest of the test - and Ferrari's exhaust layout was declared legal.
This prompted a very different tune from the Italian camp.
"Calm and concentrated" read the headlines on the Scuderia's website.
Although no quotes were included, it seems all is well at Ferrari with the team confident they are heading in the right director.
"The initial analysis confirms namely that the F2012 still needs polishing up, but the potential is there," was the assessment.
"Some areas definitely have room for improvement, but the first changes made from the Tuesday to Friday have produced positive results, as Fernando Alonso himself confirmed yesterday evening, even if they have not been tried much so far."
Added to that, according to Ferrari, "there was no reason to bandy about predictions of catastrophe which was the case up to Thursday evening" but by that same token "nor was there any cause for elation" after Alonso's flying lap on Friday.
"In summary", the article concluded "it's a case of staying calm and concentrated."
