Dennis not worried by Ferrari resurgence

Massa was just three laps home from a win at the Hungaroring when his engine failed, handing the victory to McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.

But despite Ferrari's strong form in Hungary, just a fortnight after their woes in Germany, Dennis does not believe there was anything to be worried about by what he saw.

When asked after the race in Hungary if he expected the Ferraris to be as good as they were, he said: "I don't think they were particularly. Massa had a good race but Kimi (Raikkonen) wasn't particularly strong.

"Really the outcome of the first corner was that people could see Massa in the lead and who was in second place. But we switched into fuel strategy mode, to make sure that we stopped second to him in order that we could do a long second stint and overtake him at the final stop.

"The slightly flat spotted tyre and the puncture put paid to that strategy but I think that Lewis had the pace to win."

The pace of Massa in Hungary has highlighted, however, that the championship fight between Ferrari and McLaren remains finely poised - and Dennis is still sticking to his belief that the battle is still completely open.

"Confidence is a weakness, you've just got to take every race as it is. I don't think there's any doubt that we're in for a very competitive world championship and it's going to be a close race between ourselves and Ferrari. I'm very pleased with how our own developments have helped to get us ahead of Ferrari though."