"Let's wait and see what the others do but we are certainly in a great position,” he told Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. “We were expecting an improvement from the F2007 and we certainly got it. “Above all though this is not the final version of the car which will run in Australia and I am very satisfied.” Ferrari’s new design incorporates a shorter wheelbase than last year’s model after the team struggled on slower, tighter circuits such as Monaco in comparison with title rival McLaren. Raikkonen says judging from the results of the early tests this problem seems to have been successfully addressed. “In the areas where it needed to improve, it has improved, for example slow corners,” he said. “We worked hard in that area and I have got to say the results are good.”