Michael Schumacher gave his title hopes a massive boost by winning the German Grand Prix as rival Fernando Alonso struggled to fifth in his Renault.
The Ferrari driver, who dominated once pole-sitter Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren made an early pit stop from the lead, cut his points deficit from 17 to 11.
Kimi Raikkonen has stopped short of denying claims he is on his way to Ferrari for 2007.
The McLaren driver has been strongly linked with a big-money move to Ferrari at the end of next season, with some claiming a contract has already been signed.
Raikkonen has been disappointed by two world championship near...
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said that the crisis which hit last weekend?s US Grand Prix was the ?almost inevitable? by-product of the 2005 tyre regulations.
Instead of blaming Michelin, Montezemolo turned his fire on the rule requiring a single set of tyres to be used for qualifying and the entire race...
The Ferrari drivers reckon they would have won the United States Grand Prix even if the Michelin teams had raced. In the event, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were left with no meaningful competition when all 14 Michelin cars withdrew before the start.
?Ferrari were starting fifth and seventh but we had...