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Massa trying to forget Hungary

Felipe Massa saw a perfect drive and all his hard work taking and building a lead at the Hungarian Grand Prix from third on the grid go up in smoke when his engine expired just three laps from the flag.

"A couple of days ago I came back to Sao Paulo: I tried to forget the race at Budapest, but that's quite difficult!" exlcaimed the Brazilian. "Although I don't want to forget the Hungarian GP, because in a certain way it was one of the best races I ever had in Formula 1, but it didn't end as the others, with a win. It was a shame, because I really think that me and the team deserved the success: we had a perfect race at a very important moment of the Championship. Unfortunately we couldn't bring home the ten points we already had in our hands: it was really frustrating, but these things sometimes happen in motor sports."

"When the engine failed I had a strange feeling," he added. "It was like a nightmare and I wanted to wake up, but I couldn't, because I was already awake! It was an incredible disappointment. This sport can be really cruel."

"Looking at the standigs at least I can stay calm, because not even Lewis won, but we can't throw away points like that," he went on. "We lost ten, but the positive aspect is, that we've demonstrated that we're strong. The team has done some great work over the whole weekend, in terms of strategy and eliminating the problems we had in England and Germany."

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