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Massa - Hamilton had better car today

Felipe Massa could hardly disguise his disappointment on the podium in Shanghai today after he saw rival Lewis Hamilton increase his lead in the championship to seven points with just one race remaining, the Brazilian Grand Prix in a fortnight.

"We started on the soft tyres and we knew already that most people would start on the hard," Massa said after the race. "Our car works a bit differently to the others, especially McLarens on tyres and for us the hard tyres had no grip and were difficult to drive so the soft was the only option for the first and second stint. We started on them which was the right decision."

"We saw that Lewis was stronger at the beginning and he started pulling away two or three tenths a lap which made his race much more comfortable," he added. "We were driving on the limit trying to reduce the gap but it wasn't possible. Today unfortunately Lewis had the better car for the whole weekend."

"The final part was the best one for me and I caught Kimi and passed him so that was the good part of the race, but it was not enough because we are fighting with McLarens and today one was in front but at least we finished second and third," he went on. "For the drivers' championship it wasn't fantastic but for the constructors' championship it was very good."

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