Ferrari say title fight completely open

Although McLaren's speed at the British GP in both the dry and wet, plus their pace in testing at Hockenheim last week, has left some suggesting they are now the team in beat in F1 - Domenicali still thinks it is too close to call at the front of the field.

"We are not surprised because McLaren have always been competitive," Domenicali told this week's Autosport about the recent speed of their main rivals.

"It's possible there have been times when, for various reasons, they have been able to show their full potential, but we are aware of their strengths. It will be a good battle right to the end of the championship."

With both Ferrari and McLaren having thrown away points this year through driver and team errors, Domenicali believes the outcome of the championship fight will not just be decided by whichever team develop their car the best.

"I don't think that the title fight is just between Ferrari and McLaren," he said. "If I am not mistaken, there's a team called BMW that are second and a driver, Robert Kubica, who is just two points off the leading trio. I have said from the start - this is a three-way fight.

"As usual, the winner will be the one who has managed to make progress with its car in the best way possible and who has made the fewest mistakes."

Driving out the errors is the area that Ferrari driver Felipe Massa thinks the team have to focus on, after their recent troubles at the British Grand Prix.

"After Silverstone the team at Maranello worked a lot on many different aspects, such as improving the procedures at the track," said Massa. "I won't give you any details, because this is confidential information.

"But we know that we have to act to assure that certain mistakes won't happen again: this has to be one of our goals as of now until Brazil."