From GMM

McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's father and manager Anthony was spotted in 'secret' conversation with Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali at Hockenheim, a newspaper reports.

The Times also captured the moment with a photograph after Anthony Hamilton approached Domenicali as the Ferrari boss left a party in the paddock of the German circuit.

Hamilton and Domenicali walked "some distance" from their meeting point before stopping to chat, The Times added.

The meeting follows speculation - denied by McLaren boss Ron Dennis two weeks ago - of a rift between the British team's management and the Hamilton camp.

2008 is the first of 23-year-old Lewis Hamilton's new five-year McLaren contract.

On Friday, bosses for Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes on Friday rubbished and laughed at that story.

"I think that's a great place to start negotiations with our driver -- behind the Mercedes grandstand," Norbert Haug, in charge of the German carmaker's racing activities, joked in the presence of Domenicali, Ferrari F1 boss.