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Fernando Alonso and Ferrari will adopt a high-risk "full attack" mode in every remaining F1 GP this season with help from a revitalised McLaren.
Both teams have Sebastian Vettel and and his team Red Bull in their battle sights.
This was made clear after Lewis Hamilton's sensational victory in the 2011 German GP. Hamilton out-performed his rivals to take his second win of the season and the 16th of his career.
Alonso was second for Ferrari, beaten by Hamilton's sheer speed, commitment and audacity, with Red Bull's Mark Webber third ahead of his struggling - by his own high standards - team mate defending champion Vettel.
Ferrari, after a string of improved results, now believes it has a chance in the title race so has adopted the soccer manager's cliché of "taking each race as it comes" to whittle down Red Bull's huge points lead.
'WE NEED TO ATTACK'
Ferrari team chief Stefano Domenicali said: "We need to attack every race and the more cars there are in the fight to win, the easier it is going to be for us to score more points and to cut the gap - which, at the moment, is still very big."
Following Germany, the half-way mark in the 19-race season, Vettel has 216 points, Webber 139, Hamilton 134 and Alonso 130. Briton Jenson Button, forced to retire in Germany with hydraulic problems, is fifth on 109.
In the Constructors' championship, Red Bull leads with 355 points from McLaren on 243 and Ferrari on 192.
For Domenicali, there was more than one reason to be cheerful when he looked back on a German GP weekend that saw Vettel not only fail to start on the front row for the first time in 15 races but also miss a podium finish for the first time in 2011.
The emergence of a revitalised McLaren with Hamilton back to his scintillating best might be seen as a threat at other times but in the current position represented a boost in the bid to rein in Red Bull whose team chief Christian Horner admitted had been given "a wake-up call".
Ferrari's performance in the coldest weather of the season - the scarlet scuderia normally struggles to warm its tyres quickly - proved that it has a car capable of competing in all weather.
CHASING THE BULLS
Domenicali said: "We know our problem is tyre-warming so are happy to see a car that performed so well. I am also happy that in the last couple of races Fernando scored the most of points - that means we have come back to the performance we should have. The second half of the season will be interesting.
"Red Bull is still the strongest team but McLaren showed its cars were very good so I'm not underestimating the competitors. Now we go to Hungary where I don't forget that in 2010, after winning in Germany, we were a second off the Red Bull pace - we need to keep our feet on the ground and keep working on the development of the cars."
Both teams have Sebastian Vettel and and his team Red Bull in their battle sights.
This was made clear after Lewis Hamilton's sensational victory in the 2011 German GP. Hamilton out-performed his rivals to take his second win of the season and the 16th of his career.
Alonso was second for Ferrari, beaten by Hamilton's sheer speed, commitment and audacity, with Red Bull's Mark Webber third ahead of his struggling - by his own high standards - team mate defending champion Vettel.
Ferrari, after a string of improved results, now believes it has a chance in the title race so has adopted the soccer manager's cliché of "taking each race as it comes" to whittle down Red Bull's huge points lead.
'WE NEED TO ATTACK'
Ferrari team chief Stefano Domenicali said: "We need to attack every race and the more cars there are in the fight to win, the easier it is going to be for us to score more points and to cut the gap - which, at the moment, is still very big."
Following Germany, the half-way mark in the 19-race season, Vettel has 216 points, Webber 139, Hamilton 134 and Alonso 130. Briton Jenson Button, forced to retire in Germany with hydraulic problems, is fifth on 109.
In the Constructors' championship, Red Bull leads with 355 points from McLaren on 243 and Ferrari on 192.
For Domenicali, there was more than one reason to be cheerful when he looked back on a German GP weekend that saw Vettel not only fail to start on the front row for the first time in 15 races but also miss a podium finish for the first time in 2011.
The emergence of a revitalised McLaren with Hamilton back to his scintillating best might be seen as a threat at other times but in the current position represented a boost in the bid to rein in Red Bull whose team chief Christian Horner admitted had been given "a wake-up call".
Ferrari's performance in the coldest weather of the season - the scarlet scuderia normally struggles to warm its tyres quickly - proved that it has a car capable of competing in all weather.
CHASING THE BULLS
Domenicali said: "We know our problem is tyre-warming so are happy to see a car that performed so well. I am also happy that in the last couple of races Fernando scored the most of points - that means we have come back to the performance we should have. The second half of the season will be interesting.
"Red Bull is still the strongest team but McLaren showed its cars were very good so I'm not underestimating the competitors. Now we go to Hungary where I don't forget that in 2010, after winning in Germany, we were a second off the Red Bull pace - we need to keep our feet on the ground and keep working on the development of the cars."