Massa vows to improve
Felipe Massa has a 'very strong desire' to help Ferrari improve for the 2012 Formula 1 season.
An encouraging pre-season failed to transfer into results with Ferrari managing just one race victory this season, while Massa himself faces the prospect of ending the year without a single podium finish.
The Brazilian has been warned that he faces a battle to retain his seat in 2013 if he fails to improve next season but has assured the team he is determined to turn things around.
"This year has not gone so well, but we have tackled it with our usual fighting spirit and that is what we will take forward to next year, when we hope to have a very different sort of championship to this one just ending," said Massa.
"The intention is to be competitive right from the start, fighting for the win in every race. This has not been a fantastic season for me, but neither has it been for the team.
"So as a driver, I have a very strong desire which I share with the whole team to give one hundred percent to improve for next year."
The final race of the season in Brazil will be Massa's 100th grand prix start with Ferrari and he insists there is plenty more to come from him in the coming years.
"This will be a very important weekend for me, as it will also mark the end of the tenth year since I first raced in Formula 1, although not ten years of competition, as I was a Ferrari test driver in 2003," he added.
"Fortunately, I am still young and there is more to come, but ten years is still a landmark in an F1 driver's career.
"Then there are my six years racing for the Scuderia, competing in one hundred Grands Prix for the team, which makes me one of the drivers who has raced the most for this team.
"Therefore, putting it all together, ten years of Formula 1, one hundred races with Ferrari and all of it at home in Brazil, makes this something really special for me. It will be an emotional time and what I would like to add to it all would be a good result come Sunday afternoon." - http://www.setanta.com
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Massa will be in pressure to win this race to keep the title till 2013
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