Giancarlo Fisichella says he is content with his first day as a Ferrari driver, despite finishing afternoon practice at the foot of the times.
The Italian was quicker than team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in the morning, when he was eighth fastest, but fell to 20th in the second session.
But he felt he had made good progress with acclimatising to his new car.
"I'm quite positive about the day, I just need to improve somewhere, but apart from that it's been a good day," said Fisichella.
"Tomorrow is going to be another important day for me.
"It's important to do another good amount of laps and do a little bit more."
Fisichella's erstwhile team-mate Adrian Sutil went quickest in the Force India today, but the Italian said he was not bothered to see his old car going so quickly while he was down the order for Ferrari.
"It's not surprising," he insisted.
"Force India for the last couple of races was very strong, we made a step forward and my last race was fantastic.
"I knew it would be quick be here.
"I know they are probably lighter than us today in terms of fuel load, but for sure they will be competitive tomorrow."
Ferrari is currently only in middling shape for its home weekend, according to Raikkonen.
"The feeling was not too bad, there are some issues and we need to fix them, but I don't know if we can or not," said the Finn.
"There seem to be the same problems here every year, but overall I'm quite happy with the car so let's see what happens tomorrow.
"We need to look at the details to see where we lose time to the other cars, but overall I was quite happy.
"There are just a few places where we need to improve the car, but not too bad.
"It's too early to know if the podium is possible or not, but we'll do our best like at every race."
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