Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has set his sights on a podium finish in Australia

Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali has set his sights on a podium finish at the season opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Last season saw smaller teams, such as Sauber, challenging the established front runners for podium positions, but given the demands of building a car for the new rules in 2014, Domenicali does not expect the midfield teams to sustain that form. "I'm sure that over the course of the season the competition will reduce because the demands on all the teams for the 2014 project cannot be underestimated," he added. "We are talking about a car that is completely different to what we've seen before and there's a risk of missing the boat: the smaller the organisation, the greater and the earlier the resources they will have to invest in the new project. "Meanwhile for the big teams, the exercise will be to balance the resources required to keep up the development to be competitive right to the end with the attention that needs to be dedicated to 2014 to avoid the risk of being left behind."