The Silverstone-based squad has been in the chasing pack behind Red Bull this season, but its prospects of putting up a better fight against Ferrari and McLaren have been hurt by its car not being as competitive in races as it is in qualifying thanks to tyre management struggles.
It is an area that the team has been focusing hard on in the early stage of the campaign, with driver Fernando Alonso praising an "aggressive" development programme that has been unleashed to help improve matters.
