Stefano Domenicali is certain that Ferrari will be much more competitive when it introduces its upgrade package for Barcelona, but is unwilling to predict how big a difference the new parts will make.
With all the field planning major developments for the Spanish Grand Prix, the Ferrari boss is unsure whether his team's step will be sufficient to overhaul those ahead - who are also working hard on improvements.
"We know that the step at least in comparison to our current situation should be very good," said Domenicali.
"But we don't know what the others are doing, so we need to be very cool.
"We know that we will have a different car that for sure will be better than the car we have now.
"But to say it will be a big step, a small step... we need to see where the others will be, because they're not sleeping."
He also warned against pinning all the team's hopes on the Spanish GP outcome.
"For sure it's an important race, because it will be an important step on the car, but I don't want to say that Spain is our last chance," said Domenicali.
"It will be important, but not final."
Ferrari is one of the teams that is having to make major changes to accommodate a double diffuser of the type used by Brawn, Toyota and Williams.
But Domenicali pointed out that Red Bull and McLaren's recent progress proved Ferrari's problems were not just diffuser-related.
"We need to make sure that we're not focused only underneath the car, because this will be wrong," he said.
"The improvement has to come from all around the car.
"This is what we have seen from McLaren and Red Bull, they are great cars with normal diffusers."
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