Massa - Heat is on Lewis

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Massa - Heat is on Lewis

Massa: Needs to finish in top two in Brazil

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Felipe Massa insists all the pressure is on Lewis Hamilton as they head into the final race of the season in Brazil.

Massa finds himself seven points behind the McLaren driver and needs to finish first or second at Interlagos to have any chance of winning his maiden world championship.

The Ferrari man believes Hamilton will be a little edgy after he lost out on last year's title during the final race of the season.

"For sure, Lewis will try and put pressure on me, but I have zero pressure, because I have nothing to lose, the Brazilian said.

"I have my people behind me and all the pressure will be on him, especially when you think about what happened at this race last year. I can't wait for the final Sunday of the season."

Confident

"It's true I have a tougher job than Lewis in terms of the points situation, but my own objective for the weekend is much more straightforward than his.

"I only have to focus on winning the race on Sunday afternoon, hopefully with my teammate second behind me. The only thing I am thinking about is winning. After that, the matter is not in my hands and we will have to wait and see exactly what and how much we have won."

The Scuderia have won the last two races in Brazil and Massa is confident the F2008 will also perform well at Interlagos.

"It is impossible to predict what will happen in the Brazilian Grand Prix, but I think our car has always been very good at this circuit, even if I cannot explain exactly why.

"We have always gone well here and I expect that to be the case at the weekend, whatever the conditions, in the dry or in the rain and in qualifying and in the race."