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Massa rues Silverstone mistake

Felipe Massa is still haunted by the memory of Silverstone, despite it being one of his best drives. The Ferrari driver stalled on the second row of the grid and had to start from the back. However, the Brazilian entertained the crowd as he charged through the order, eventually finishing fifth.

Massa only has his eyes on closing the gap in the championship however and despite his ferocious display he fell to 19 points behind Lewis Hamilton in the standings.

The 26-year-old said: "It might have be one of my best drives, it might have entertained the crowd but I cannot consider it one of my best races at the moment.

"To be honest, I enjoyed the driving and having a very good race starting from the back and ending up in a strong position. It was a very positive result, but it was also very negative because of what happened at the start. When I finished the race, even if I had delivered a fantastic performance, I could not be happy. It was a race where I should have been fighting for the win.

"When you look at the championship situation and how competitive it is this year, then when you see so many points escaping from you, it's not possible to be happy when you look at things in terms of the championship. During the race I could see people in the grandstand waving me on and cheering and after the race many people congratulated me. Even the team greeted me as though it was my best ever result and their reaction was even stronger than if I had won. But the feeling inside was all about the frustration at losing points."

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