Hopefully the victories will follow - Massa

Felipe Massa, the Brazilian Scuderia Ferrari driver, talks about his United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Speedway and the test session at the Circuit of Silverstone. This weekend, Massa will be in Maranello to celebrate sixty years of Ferrari.

Felipe Massa "It has been a busy few weeks, with Indy following on immediately from Montreal and now, I have just finished a day's testing at Silverstone, after Kimi did the first two days, so at least I got a little bit of rest before getting back in the car.

"When you look back to Canada, maybe we were not quite as quick as the McLarens, but in the race I was ahead of Alonso and maybe I could have finished on the podium, which would have been a good result, even if it had not been possible to win. Our aim there was to get as many points as possible, even if we could not match the pace of our competitor. But what happened there, when I was basically disqualified because of missing a light, which cannot be seen as a dangerous thing, I still find hard to deal with. But let's forget about that now.

"As for Indy, we looked slightly more competitive, if not quite on the pace of our rivals. Finishing on the podium was not a complete disaster. Looking back at the last two races, if it had not been for that problem in Montreal, then the championship would still be completely open. Now, it is still open, but not looking quite so straightforward and we have to be careful not to make any mistakes. If you look at the recent past championships, sometimes we had two weekends better than Renault and sometimes it was the other way round. The competition was very close right to the end of the season. This time, even if our rivals have been better than us over the past couple of races, I think we can fight back and that is what we have been working towards back at the factory and over the past three days at Silverstone. I think we have some good ideas for the next upcoming races, which can change the situation. But we have to ensure we make no more mistakes and it would be nice to think it is time for our rivals to make some mistakes to give us a bit of breathing space. At Silverstone, we tried a new aero package and I immediately felt it was working well and I was very happy with the balance of my F2007.

"Magny Cours and the French Grand Prix could be a good weekend for us. Last year, I finished on the podium and it was the start of a good run for me in the second half of the championship as things started to come right for us.

"This weekend, I will be in Maranello where we are having a big party to celebrate sixty years of Ferrari. From what I've seen of the schedule it sounds like fun with all sorts of things going on and a lot of fans, clients and media attending. There will be a great gathering of Ferrari cars and I am driving a very old Ferrari Formula 1 car from the Fifties, the 500 F2 driven by Alberto Ascari. That is quite an honour for me and it will also be a completely new experience, as I have never driven any racing car as old as this. I will also be driving some road cars to give people a ride around the Fiorano track and there will be various other events I will get involved with. I am looking forward to what should be a very nice party. Unfortunately, we could not celebrate this party with a victory. Hopefully the victories will follow after the party!"