Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur is hopeful that the squad can "fight for both championships" with their new pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. 

Leclerc set the pace during Friday's morning session on the final day of testing, with Hamilton taking over driving duties for the afternoon and ended the day in sixth place. 

Given the mixed weather conditions that played out across the three-day test, Vasseur said that the true state of play may not become clear until the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in two weeks' time. 

And Ferrari will be looking to end their wait for both constructors' and drivers' titles, having finished second to McLaren in the team standings by 14 points last year. 

Indeed, the Scuderia have not won the constructors' championship since 2008, when Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen were racing for the Italian team. 

It was also Raikkonen who lifted the last drivers' title for Ferrari 18 years ago, pipping Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by a singular point in what was an enthralling season. 

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But speaking shortly after the final day of testing, Vasseur sounded bullish as he spoke of the optimistic atmosphere within the Scuderia heading into Melbourne.

"It has been hard to get a clear read on the overall situation here in Bahrain, as the conditions were changing quite a lot, day by day and from the morning to the afternoon, so it was more similar to Vegas than to the Bahrain we usually know," said Vasseur.

"Over the past six months, we have worked very hard on this car and have made a good improvement, but we will have to wait until we are all on track in Melbourne to understand where we are.

"If we look at the hierarchy of previous years, what we saw here was not the same as in qualifying a week later, under the same conditions. We will go from 10-15 degrees on the track to the 45 we will have in Australia, so in Melbourne, it will probably be a whole different story.

"We want to fight for both championships, as we know we have two drivers who can do it, and the mood in the team is very positive. We will continue to work hard to be ready in two weeks’ time for the start of the season."