Once the bottom is reached in Monza, Ferrari can only do better.
Hopes and words branded Mattia Binotto who on the day of free practice in view of the unprecedented Mugello Grand Prix said he was confident about the possibility of improving the Red.
And the Maranello team began to give some signals, especially in the morning with Charles Leclerc's third time on the Tuscan circuit, a stone's throw from Florence.
A nice result reduced from the second session in which the Monegasque driver did not go beyond the tenth time, while Sebastian Vettel finished twelfth.
In front of everyone, as almost always happens in Formula 1 of the hybrid era, the Mercedes with Valtteri Bottas better than Lewis Hamilton.
The Finnish driver finished both the first and second free practice sessions in command.
In FP2 Bottas lapped in 1'16 "989 followed by his teammate Hamilton (+0" 207).
Third time for Max Verstappen's Red Bull (+0 "246) ahead of Alexander Albon's other Red Bull (+0" 982).
Both Ferraris behind with Leclerc at +1 "411) and Vettel at +1" 509: for the German also a stop in the final of the second free practice.
A Friday that, however, compared to the latest performances has not gone so badly.
And the main team of the Prancing Horse Mattia Binotto said he was confident in view of the Tuscan GP, in which Ferrari will celebrate the 1000 GPs in Formula 1.
Binotto wants to quickly forget the Monza debacle, with the two single-seaters of Leclerc and Vettel retire.
"The hope is not to repeat Monza - explained Binotto to Sky Sport - It is a different track, we hope to regain the competitiveness of the beginning of the season and hope for a 4th place. Leclerc has shown that we have better performances here at Mugello, Seb he had a good pace on the long run. Everyone has to get used to this new track, in qualifying it will certainly be a tighter duel ".
After the double retirement in Monza, the comparisons between Binotto and the management arrived: "We had the usual confrontations after Monza, it's not a crisis but we have to stay calm and rational - he said -. We had them as in the other races, even those you are doing quite well and we have talked with the President and the CEO ".
Finally a joke about the celebrations of the 1000th Ferrari GP: "We have always been present, we are the most titled: we celebrate a history and a myth, there will always be Ferrari in F1, we belong to each other. This team has already had moments of difficulties in the past, we will come out of it as we always have and we will do it together with our fans. "