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Buoyant Ferrari head into this week's Malaysian Grand Prix leading the drivers' and constructors' championships with their confidence sky-high and rebuilt after last year's debacle.
Fernando Alonso leads teammate Felipe Massa by four points after two rounds of the world drivers' championship. Ferrari are ahead of chief rivals McLaren-Mercedes in the constructors' rankings.
The Italian giants endured a dismal 2009 season finishing in fourth place behind Brawn GP, for their lowest season finish since 1993. But the resurgence continued in Sunday's Australian GP with Massa third and two-time world champion Alonso fourth behind tearaway McLaren winner Jenson Button. The Sepang track represents different and challenging conditions after the dry heat of Bahrain and the changeable weather of Melbourne's street circuit.
Team principal Stefano Domenicali praised the efforts of his two drivers but warned of new challenges in steamy Malaysia. "Our strongest competitors at the moment picked up just a few points in Melbourne and even when compared to the other drivers, we have extended our lead," he said.
"Now we must remain focused and prepare as well as possible for next week's race in Malaysia where we will again find different conditions to those we have experienced in the first two."
Button, thrilled with his first victory in his second race as a McLaren driver, said he was looking to carry on the momentum in Malaysia. "It's crucial to get the big points when perhaps we don't have the out-and-out pace: these are really important points to us," Button said. "Now we've really got to get our heads down and hopefully turn up in Malaysia with an even better car."
Malaysia also offers Red Bull the chance to redeem themselves after wasting promising opportunities in Bahrain and Melbourne.
