Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has restated the team's intention of annexing the top two steps of the podium at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix as it attempts to close down
Lewis Hamilton's world championship lead.
The Briton's seven-point advantage means that it is possible for him to take the crown by simply following main rival
Felipe Massa across the line at each of the three remaining races - in Japan, China and Brazil - but Domenicali believes that it the Scuderia is capable of achieving its aim.
"As I said in Singapore, immediately after the night race there, our target in Japan - and also in the final two races - will be to come away with maximum points," he said, "It is a simple statement, but also a very difficult task! However, we have the potential to achieve this goal and we believe we can do it."
Domenicali knows that, not only should Massa come up short in the drivers' championship, but also the team finish second to old rival
McLaren in the constructors' competition, it would only have itself to blame. Having been 'helped out' by decisions made away from the track, Ferrari has too often seen its controversial pit-stop release system or mechanical frailty cost either Massa or team-mate
Kimi Raikkonen results that would have kept the Prancing Horse on top. Singapore, where Massa left his first stop too early, taking the fuel hose with him and suffering a penalty, and where Raikkonen crashed out of fifth place, was a case in point.
"Our stated objective of winning both titles was rendered more difficult after the result of the last race where, apart from the complication of dealing with the first safety car period, we did not help ourselves with the mistake made during Felipe's pit-stop," Domenicali admitted, before going on to confirm that the Scuderia would revert to more conventional methods of policing its stops from Fuji.
