Abu Dhabi GP - Massa: "I Will Work Closely Towards The Next Year"

Felipe Massa was in Abu Dhabi for a couple of days now, but today was the start of the routine of a race weekend, which, as always begins with a meeting with the press. The Brazilian said that he had only two more chances to finish on the podium in 2011 and Scuderia Ferrari man explains why this situation had arisen. "We worked on the score after the first half of the season we are not where it should have been in terms of the position on the grid," he began. "Thanks to the efforts of many, we are now much more consistent in this field and we had to put in some excellent performances in August qualifying. We have improved the pace, but then in the race for a variety of reasons, have not been able to take advantage of that to get the results I should have done, but it is clear that the races do not go as they should have done. However, the positive factor is that we are now much more consistent and that the most important.

"We have not had a championship, we wanted to, and if I did not make the podium so far, because in 30 to 40% of the races, there was something lost me time during the race. If you look at all the races as a whole, you would have to say that our chances of coming on stage was not so great, so if in addition to that I had problems in the race where I could have the podium, so that explains why I have not done for the first three. "

The subject changes Felipe front wing in India two weeks ago was still attractive to the media, so he explained the situation as clearly as he could: "We had installed a front wing update and found that He hit the ground a lot on Friday while driving at high speed. We therefore replaced by qualifying on Saturday, but that one broke when I hit the curb. This meant that we had to launch the new wing, which touched down Sunday in the race. It would mix more when using DRS and since we are not using the DRS so often in the race itself, we decided it would not be a problem too. What we do know now back to back tests is that the new better than the old one that offers a performance advantage. "

Despite the many disappointments he has had to endure during this season, Felipe always motivated for those last two laps. "Now we must continue to focus hard on the two remaining races to try one last time to get a podium, while working hard on next year to ensure that this situation is not repeated. We have to think we did some things that were not true, things I did not do it the way I would have liked, and if there is pressure, the pressure you put on yourself. "