Felipe Massa has conceded that Friday's running in Bahrain was "definitely not a good day" for himself and Ferrari.
Ferrari are in Bahrain this weekend hoping to avoid an unwanted record as, should they finish Sunday's grand prix without a World Championship point, it will be the first time in the team's history that they have failed to score a single point in the opening four races of a season.
And, after Friday's running, it can only be said that Ferrari are heading towards that record as both Massa and Kimi Raikkonen struggled for pace with Massa finishing down in 16th place, 1.2s off the pace - and he was the quicker of the two.
"This was definitely not a good day. We worked a lot towards the race, but we have to try and improve the handling of the car to move up the order for tomorrow and Sunday," Massa said.
"The harder tyre is very difficult to use, while the soft one seems to be the best, not just in terms of outright performance but also over a distance. The KERS helps: without it, I would have certainly been slower.
"I made a mistake at the final turn on my last set of soft tyres, which cost me at least three tenths. We must be patient at the moment and try to do the best possible in these conditions."
Meanwhile, Raikkonen, who was 18th quickest, admits that Friday's results were pretty much what Ferrari had expected heading to Bahrain.
"Even if we don't know what fuel loads the other teams had, it's clear that we are not as quick as we would like, but we have to try and make the best of this situation. Anyway, we knew that the picture for this race would be no different to what we've seen in previous ones," said the Finn.
