Ferrari in crisis?

None other than Luca di Montezemolo weighed in on Ferrari's performance last weekend at Hockenheim.

The Ferrari chieftain, who blasted the team's "stupid mistakes" at Silverstone, personally met with Ferrari engineers Monday to analyze Sunday's race. Montezemolo said he wanted to be present "at a very important time from a technical standpoint," La Gazzetta dello Sport reports.

Most concerning was the drop in performance from Friday to Sunday. Felipe Massa finished third and Kimi Raikkonen sixth last weekend.

"Let's forget about labels, because we need to figure out why we were so slow in Germany, slower than ever before this season," the Ferrari boss said, according to the Italian sports daily.

Following the meeting, Montezemolo said the team has recovered from worse before, and he is confident it can do so again.

Ferrari still lead the constructors championship with 105 points.

But it must be worrying, especially when you consider the number of points the Scuderia left on the table in the first half of the season.

McLaren truly looks like it took a big step forward in recent weeks, and the Prancing Horse must respond quickly if it is to maintain its lead in the championship.

"As usual, we know the McLarens were faster on a lap basis, but this is offset by our reliability and our pace in the race," La Gazzetta dello Sport reports race director Stefano Domenicali said. "Unfortunately, we saw this was not true yesterday, but we are determined to respond."

Plus, Sebastien Bourdais discusses the pros and cons of teammate Sebastian Vettel's promotion to Red Bull, and Milka Duno throws the towel at Danica Patrick.

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