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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has not given a certain timeframe for a major upgrade to the F1-75, but it will not happen at Imola.

While still early days in the season, Ferrari have made a flying start in the new era of ground-effect Formula 1 cars, taking victory in two of the opening three races.

Charles Leclerc completed the grand slam of pole position, fastest lap and leading every lap to win at the Australian Grand Prix.

While Leclerc dominated in Australia, Red Bull were left facing not only more damaging reliability woes but also the realisation Ferrari were the clear pacesetters as Leclerc moved 46 points clear of Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship.

The buffer Ferrari hold over Red Bull in the Constructors’ is 49 points, the Austrian outfit finding themselves P3 behind Mercedes after a pair of DNFs for Verstappen.

The signs grow more ominous still considering reports Ferrari are focused on engine reliability until Miami at the earliest, after which they can then look to turn up that power unit even further.

And on top of that, there was another report suggesting Ferrari would bring an upgrade for their home race at Imola.

But team boss Binotto played down talk of that being a significant one – a relief surely for Red Bull.

Binotto had explained already that as Imola is the