Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali not surprised that McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton penalised for Canada pit-lane accident - but still frustrated at lack of points.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has admitted to being 'very, very disappointed' after seeing his two drivers come away with just four points between them from the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday.

While Felipe Massa was thwarted by having to take an extra pit-stop - after no fuel was delivered first time around - in his pursuit of at least a podium finish, it was the manner of Kimi Raikkonen's exit from the race which most caused Domenicali frustration. The Finn was eliminated when he was hit from behind by title rival Lewis Hamilton while waiting for the red light at the end of pit-lane to go green, allowing race winner Robert Kubica to leap-frog both in the championship race.

"Unfortunately, traffic lights in Canada are not really our friends," Domenicali sighed, "Last year, we had a problem [with Massa being disqualified for jumping the same lights] and, this year, we've had a different kind of problem.

"It's been a big disappointment because we have prepared for these two races [Monaco and Canada] in a great way but, in spite of that, we took less points than last year. That was a disaster in terms of performance, so we are very very disappointed."

Hamilton was slapped with a ten-place grid penalty for the French Grand Prix following the collision with Raikkonen, a punishment which Domenicali regarded as 'a fair decision'.

"Honestly, I expected something," he insisted, "You cannot exclude him from points in the race because he didn't finish, so to be realistic, pragmatic, knowing the rules, yes, that's what I was expecting. That will be part of the show in the next race."

Despite the disappointment of Montreal, however, the Ferrari boss was able to take some encouragement from the trans-Atlantic trip.

"It is in these conditions when you really feel the need to react and be very strong because you see that we have all the elements that are ready for the fight," he insisted, "We know that our competitors are strong, no doubt, but the championship is long and we will see. We will fight until the end."

The familiar refrain about there being a long road to travel before anything is decided in 2008 will carry extra eight after Canada, where Kubica and BMW Sauber broke through into the ranks of grand prix winners.

"I said at the beginning of the season that I was expecting McLaren, first, and BMW, second, as our main competitors," he claimed, "Today was a really good race for [BMW] - no mistakes, easy - because of the situation. They are there, they are strong. We need to fight them."

However, after the mean streets of Monaco and the brake-burning, tyre-wearing - and unpredictable - surface of Montreal, Domenicali is confident that the next few races will play more to Ferrari's strengths - even if the Scuderia did appear stronger than last year at each of the last two venues.

"The near future for us is very clear," he said, "We need to go back to our standard in term of points. We need to work, be humble. We know that the others are pushing - BMW took a lot of points, McLaren not too many, but they are strong, they will be there - so we need to keep on working, no mistakes, reliability. We saw that we paid for a problem on the [fuel] rig, and that's it - that's the way we have to tackle the next grands prix, not only France.

"It's very disappointing to collect the points that we collected in the last two races, especially given the way that we prepared for them, so we are really looking forward to reacting in the right way. The spirit of the team, I can assure you, is the same."