The Italian outfit has had a challenging first half to the 2023 season, with its car struggling to deliver consistent performances in races despite being quick over a single lap.
Ferrari has made good gains with recent upgrades and feels it is beginning to edge nearer to the dominant Red Bull team.
Team principal Fred Vasseur thinks it is now critical for Ferrari to deliver a car that gives drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz more confidence because he thinks they are unable to extract all the potential out of it.
Reflecting on the opening phase of the season, Vasseur told Autosport's Italian sister site that lap time has been bleeding away because the car's handling does not inspire faith.
"It wasn't just a question of pure performance, because something happened that affected the drivers' confidence in the car," said Vasseur.
"When you enter a corner and you have a loss of load aerodynamic, it also causes a loss of balance. Therefore, you start to feel understeer. Add the wind, from one lap to the next which is never the same, and never has the same intensity, and the difficulties add up.
"We don't have performance stability. So lap after lap we lose a little performance from our drivers, because they never have the same conditions and they lose confidence in the car.
"We have to try to put the drivers more at the centre of our priorities. It isn't the easiest or even the fastest way [to progress] because it would be much easier to add downforce everywhere.
"But it happens that from one weekend to the next we have very different performances. We have good sensations in one grand prix while, in the next, it can happen that we do badly."
Source: Autosport