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Massa realises championship title will be difficult

After being unable to finish the Italian Grand Prix the championship title is almost out of reach for Felipe Massa. For most of the season Massa was able to stay close enough to the championship leaders to keep a serious option on the title chances, but after last week's race at Monza Massa realises it is going to be very difficult to win the Formula 1 world championship.

"Impossible is not a word I like to use, but in terms of the Drivers' championship, if it is not impossible for me to win it, it is certainly looking very difficult indeed," said Massa about his current championship chances. "I never give up and I will keep trying but making up a difference of 23 points to Hamilton would not be easy.

"If the championship now only seems a remote possibility I don't think it will change my approach to the races that are still left. It is not as though I will find it easier to race hard if I tell myself there is nothing to lose, because this season, I have won races when I have been under a lot of pressure, so being relaxed is not something that would make a difference. Between now and the end of the year, I just want to get as many victories as possible all the way to the last race."

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