"It's possible, but I don't want to take any premature reasons because we need to go deeply and analyse the reason for this situation," he insisted, "It's too microscopic to have an easy solution.
"For sure, what we have seen today is something that we haven't seen since the start of the season in terms of consistency and pace. It is clear that
McLaren has made another step forward in respect of the consistency during the race. During this weekend, in the long runs, they were pretty good. But, on the other side, I'd say we were too slow and we have to understand the reason why."
Massa suggested that one of the reasons for the lack of pace was the brakes, which the Brazilian claimed that he struggled with throughout the race.
"I think that we had a problem of high brake temperatures," Domenicali confirmed, "That is one of the reasons why Felipe was not able to attack. Generally, he was also not happy about the grip of the car, so he couldn't be aggressive either on soft or hard tyres. That was really the main problem, the reason why we were not even able to attack Piquet."
Raikkonen, however, struggled throughout the weekend.
"He was not happy at all with his car's behaviour from Friday," Domenicali explained, "He said the car was too nervous at the rear and he couldn't have the grip that he wanted. If you compare that with what we have seen during the test last week, this is the reason why I said I don't completely understand the reason why because, last week, we were pretty competitive in the last sector.
"Kimi, too, was not happy with the general grip of the car. He couldn't be aggressive, as he felt the rear was still too loose and it was not possible for him to be on the pace that he wanted. If you look at the first stint, it was the best in a way. It took a long time before he caught
Robert Kubica."
Domenicali refused to agree that Raikkonen was finding it harder than Massa to locate the sweet spot of the F2008, despite the Finn again failing to translate testing performance into race success.
