Ferrari planning aggressive approach

That is the claim of the team's technical director Ross Brawn, who says that the Italian outfit have adopted an aggressive approach in understanding exactly what they need for their 2006 challenger.

"Last season we didn't meet our objectives," he said in an interview with Italian magazine Autosprint. "During this winter we've deeply analysed all the parameters regarding the chassis, tyres and engine like we never did before, to understand what areas require the most effort to improve the situation.

"In the past we never had such an analytic approach in building the new car like it's been happening for the 2006 Ferrari. The same process goes for improving the organization of the team.

"The lesson we've learned from 2005 is that we need to have a more aggressive approach to improve the performance of the car."

Although Ferrari's chief designer Aldo Costa was criticised by some quarters for the inadequacies in the design of the F2005, Brawn has said he has no reason to doubt that there will be any repeat of problems with the 2006 car.

"Aldo's been heavily involved in the design of all the Ferrari F1 cars of the last nine years," explained Brawn. "Rory Byrne and Costa in all this time have created their own design philosophy. I'm in a privileged position to assess their work and I can say that there haven't been changes in this way of working, even on the 2005 car.

"They are different persons, each with his own personality. The transition between the two isn't completed yet: Byrne is at the end of his career, while Costa is at the peak, but their way of working is similar."