Domenicali: No crisis at Ferrari

The Maranello-based outfit dominated the French Grand Prix but then saw rivals McLaren emerge as the team to beat in Britain and Germany, where Ferrari managed a third place as their best result.

Their performance in the last two outings has meant Lewis Hamilton now leads the drivers' championship by four points from Felipe Massa and seven from Kimi Raikkonen.

But despite their poor run of results, Domenicali insists the team are still in a very strong position and claims the standings reflect that.

"Despite the fact the last two races have been negative for us, the Scuderia is definitely not in crisis," said Domenicali. "The team is still leading the constructors' championship and theoretically, one of our drivers could again be back at the top of the drivers' classification on Sunday night.

"We are on a similar points tally to last year, we have won half the races so far and indeed, taken half the pole positions. Just as we never felt we were unbeatable after our French GP victory, so too, we do not feel all is lost after the British and German events.

"The entire squad is doing its best to overturn this situation. We have come from behind before and in fact, we have emerged as the top team at the end of the season, having been in much greater difficulty than we are now.

"If we look at where Ferrari was in 2007 after ten races, today we are in a much better position and this year, there is one more race than last, which gives us even more opportunities to fight back."