Felipe Massa has revealed he understands well that his results in the second half of the 2012 season will decide his future.<\/p>\n
After a shot of better form for the Brazilian in Monaco, and team president Luca di Montezemolo saying Sergio Perez is too inexperienced to replace him, 31-year-old Massa’s hopes of staying at Ferrari have been boosted.<\/p>\n
“I’m sure that, because we are improving our car, the car will be less difficult to drive,” Montezemolo told Reuters late last week.<\/p>\n
“And I expect from Felipe better performances as I have already seen in Monte Carlo, because in Monte Carlo he was among the five quickest drivers on the track and in the qualifiers.<\/p>\n
“So I hope he will continue like this.\u00a0 At the moment we are not taking any decision yet for the future, because it is too early.”<\/p>\n
Fernando Alonso is also backing his teammate to bounce back.<\/p>\n
“The results he had (earlier in 2012) were not normal for Felipe,” the Spaniard insisted.<\/p>\n
“He has my full support, and the support of the team, to change the situation.<\/p>\n
“In Monaco things seemed to have changed, so hopefully from now on it will be good for him,” said Alonso.<\/p>\n
And according to Germany’s Auto Bild, Massa also sees “an opportunity to stay at Ferrari” in 2013.<\/p>\n
He admits, however, that he needs to keep his foot down.<\/p>\n
“Everything depends on the results that I get from now on,” said Massa.<\/p>\n
He insisted he is making no plans.<\/p>\n
“At the moment I have no idea what I’m doing next year.\u00a0 My future is the next race.<\/p>\n
“All I want is to stay in formula one in a good team.\u00a0 If I cannot do that, but would have to switch to a small team, I don’t know if I would keep going at all.”<\/p>\n
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