That is the view of team principal Stefano Domenicali and Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, who reckon the Italian squad got most things wrong during the Silverstone weekend.
"It was definitely more difficult than I expected," Massa told reporters after a race in which he spun five times on the way to 13th position.
"It was a very tough race, it was very difficult to keep the car on the track with so many mistakes, it was definitely a race to forget and we have to start thinking of the next one.
"It's not just been a bad race it's been a bad weekend. Every day something has happened, especially with me so it was definitely a bad weekend and we need to think about the best one.
"We cannot go back and just look at what happened today, we need to think about the next race, the conditions today were very difficult so we need to concentrate and we know that we are competitive so we are in a good position in the championship so we just need to keep working like we did until now."
Domenicali said the Italian squad made errors "at every level" and that they can't afford to repeat them.
He reckons a mistake during the first pitstop cost world champion Kimi Raikkonen a chance to win the race.
"We could have won this race with Kimi but we made a key mistake at the first pitstop, choosing to stay on the same set of tyres," said Domenicali.
"The rain did not ease off and lasted longer and our drivers - Felipe had also gone for the same choice - found themselves in difficulty.
"With hindsight it's easy to say we should have changed tyres, but Formula One is not an exact science: sometimes strategic choices pay off and sometimes they don't. All the same, we have to admit that, this weekend, we did not operate to our usual standard.
"We made mistakes at every level and even our performance did not match our expectations and now we have to work out why, but calmly without panicking."
Massa admitted he was unsure about the reasons for his struggles.
"I don't know. For sure I was in trouble to drive the car in the wet and I made so many mistakes, it was because of the aquaplaning, I could not hold the car on the straights so it was difficult to comment. The conditions were very difficult and sometimes these things can happen."
Despite the dismal race, Ferrari still lead the constructors' championship and both Massa and Raikkonen are tied in the lead in the drivers' standings.
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