Brad Hall insists his bobsleigh team are still within striking distance of an Olympic medal.
Hall was third quickest in the first of four runs but dropped back to seventh at the midway point of the competition, two tenths of a second off the podium.
Hall drove Britain to their first four-man world medal in 86 years last year and looked fired up after a storming first run at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
"We're a couple of tenths away, so it's not all hope lost," he said.
"The first run felt great but I don't know what's happened with that second run. It felt good, so I was surprised to drop back four places. We'll have a good look at what went wrong and hopefully put it right tomorrow.
"This track is very tricky and, as you’ve seen in the other races — the monobob, two-man, two-women — things can flip on their head very quickly and you can lose half a second.
"You see a lot of people skidding out of the grooves and going way back, that sort of thing can happen. We’ve still got to come back tomorrow fighting, hopefully put these things right and make fewer mistakes than everyone else.
"It’s a tricky track, if you fall asleep or you’re not taking it seriously, sometimes it can catch you off guard."
Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Leon Greenwood provided the start line firepower but their second run was over half a second slower than their first. The always powerful German team currently lead the way with sleds in all the medal positions.
"That first run was storming, all the boys were really pushing to the max and that's where we need to be," said Lawrence.
"We showed we are in medal shape and Brad's driving was phenomenal. We feel we're right in the mix."
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