Everything is still possible - Massa
Having arrived from Tokyo this afternoon, Felipe Massa met the media just a few days after unfortunately failing to finish the Chinese GP, when a collision with Coulthard meant he was forced to retire when heading for a points finish.
As the press told him that the Scottish driver blamed him for the incident, the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro man said, "I am sure David is right, because he is the one who always does things right," Massa laughing to show he was being ironic. "We saw one another after the race and he is entitled to his opinions, but that is over now and it does not matter." However, the Brazilian did admit it made things a bit harder in the title fights. "There is more pressure now, after my negative result in China, but it is still an open situation and everything is possible. I hope to exploit all the opportunities I am presented with this weekend and to do the best possible to be at the front and to put us into the lead of both championships."
With rain beginning to fall at Suzuka this Thursday night, the subject naturally turned to the level of competitiveness of the F 248 package in the wet. "It is true that a wet weekend would not suit us particularly well, but it is also true that this appeared to be the case a few days ago in China, but in the end things did not turn out too bad," commented Felipe. "Michael drove an incredible race and I was having a good one too when I had overtaken several cars and was heading for a good finish position. But in the end although that did not happen, we still produced a race result that had not been expected from us."
For the Japanese press there is the added question of this being the home race for tyre supplier, Bridgestone and Massa had this to say on the subject: "This Japanese Grand Prix is also important because of our close connection with a big Japanese company. We and Bridgestone have worked hard together and have done a good job together and it would be fantastic for Ferrari for Bridgestone and for the Japanese people if we could get a victory here on Sunday. That would be the best way to achieve our targets of leading the Constructors' and personally for me to fight for third place in the Drivers.'"
