Ferrari is hoping to get its stuttering championship bid back on course at this weekend's United States Grand Prix at a track where it has an enviable recent record.
A Ferrari driver has won at Indianapolis for the last five years and on all but one occasion the Italian team scored 1-2 finishes.
After seeing McLaren's Lewis Hamilton pull away at the top of the driver's standings recently while its own drivers struggled, Ferrari badly needs a similar result this year.
Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo appeared confident as he brushed aside the disappointment of last Sunday's trouble-ridden race in Montreal, which yielded Ferrari just four points.
"Never mind, we'll win on Sunday," he predicted.
Another 1-2 finish would not be enough to put Ferrari on top of either the drivers' or the constructors' standings. But it would certainly make thoughts of world championship crowns seem less farfetched.
McLaren has a 28 point lead in the constructors' championship and its two drivers - Hamilton and reigning world champ Fernando Alonso - are comfortably ahead of their Ferrari rivals in the other.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, currently fourth, has steadily lost ground since winning the season opener. Last weekend he had so many problems with his car he said he felt lucky to have finished fifth.
As he prepared for the Indianapolis race, he clearly had not abandoned hope of catching the McLaren drivers and chasing his first world champion's trophy.
He noted to reporters that his four points in Canada had allowed him to edge closer to the second and third placed drivers - Alonso and Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa.
"Sure, I'm now 21 points behind Hamilton, but I'm certain that there'll be difficult moments for him too," he said.
With six straight podium finishes so far this season, the 21-year-old Brit has made entering the world of Formula 1 look effortless.
But Ferrari is hoping its drivers' superior experience will emerge as the season progresses, enabling the team to make up the 28 points that separate it from McLaren.
Jean Todt, team principle, noted that with eleven races left, the team only needs to score two points more than McLaren each race. If we do a good job, there's no reason not to believe it," he said.
