Gene hyping up Ferrari's chances - 12th April 22:25pm GMT

Ferrari can hope to win next week's San Marino Grand Prix after resolving recent engine problems, according to Spanish test driver Marc Gene.

"We will be going to Imola to win," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper after testing at his home Barcelona circuit on Tuesday.

"The car is really going well and the whole team wants to redress a points classification that penalises us excessively," he added.

Gene was quickest in Tuesday's testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, ahead of Williams' rookie Nico Rosberg.

Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn said in Melbourne that a piston issue was to blame and promised improvements for Imola, the team's home circuit named after the late Ferrari founder Enzo and son Dino.

Gene said that since Australia the engine had come through factory simulations and testing at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome without problem.

"The reliability factor seems definitely resolved," he said. "Now we have to concentrate on performance."