Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo personally chaired the post-race debrief at Maranello on Monday as the Italian team faces claims it has entered a crisis.

"Ferrari alarm," the sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport exclaimed, after the F2008 proved no match for Lewis Hamilton's McLaren at Hockenheim.

"The team from Maranello could only defend and never attack as it suffered its heaviest defeat of the year," the newspaper said.

After another second-rate performance at Silverstone two weeks earlier, Montezemolo said he did not want to see any more "stupid mistakes" as Ferrari tries to retain its crowns of 2007.

The Italian told his country's press on Monday: "We need to understand why we were slower in Germany as never before this year."

Source: GMM