Good but could do even better

Two of his drivers are in the hunt for the world championship title, his team lead the constructors' standings by 17 points, but the Ferrari chief Stefano Domenicali is still not satisfied. A hard taskmaster, he knows the Scuderia duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen should be in a more commanding position.

Just 10 points separate the leading four, which include Robert Kubica and Lewis Hamilton, and Domenicali, the team principal, said: "We can be satisfied [with where we are now], but we cannot forget it was not all that smooth. "We left some important points down the road be because of a lack of reliability and mistakes. "Our situation in the championship could be much better. Even during a weekend [at Magny-Cours] when our performance was much better than one of our competitors, we risked not reaching our goal by a defect of some minor detail. We were lucky to be able to bring home Kimi's car.

"McLaren might have something up their sleeve in terms of performance while BMW has shown consistency in terms of results." Domenicali believes the team can benefit from having Massa, the current leader, and Raikkonen, the world champion, fighting it out for the title. Five points separate them and he said: "I hear it might be difficult to have two drivers fighting against each other and at the same time against drivers from other teams.

"But I do not agree. When you work in great harmony and transparency inside the team and having two drivers who can fight for the title, I would say it is a resource not a handicap." Ferrari had a good test at Silverstone ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix last week and Domenicali added: "Obviously we want to add another success. I think we will be competitive." Raikkonen won last year's race at Silverstone, and the Italian team have trdationally shone at the track - winning four of the last six races on the Northamptonshire high-speed track.

Meanwhile, Philippe Gurdjian has stepped down as president and managing director of the Paul Ricard circuit to help focus on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Frenchman will now as head of the new Abu Dhabi Motor Sport Management Companyswitch his attention to the first GP in the Emirates at Yas Island in November next year is a success. @Email:akhan@thenational.ae Gurdjian's job move, page a2