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Massa planning late season push

Felipe Massa is planning a late season surge in form as he tries to overhaul the 21-point gap to championship leader Lewis Hamilton with just six rounds of the 2007 season remaining.

"Turkey last year I was a first time race winner and in the space of twelve months things have changed as I am now chasing a title," Massa said. "As a team, we try and have a package that is competitive at every circuit, but Istanbul is the first of a series of quick tracks and I think these will suit us particularly well. Last year, from Turkey onwards I had a great championship, so that is an encouraging sign. In fact, I like the all the tracks that are coming up now, so I hope we end the season in style."

"I have been keeping in touch with my engineer back in Italy to find out how things are going," he added. "The team has had a chance to rest a bit but there has been a lot of hard work going on as well in the factory. In fact, for this race, I will have a new chassis, which is not especially significant, as it is normal for us to change chassis after a certain number of races.

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