Brazilian's eight-year stint at Ferrari will come to an end this season
Sunday 22 September 2013 19:25, UK
Felipe Massa says his management are speaking to a number of teams about a seat for 2014, but does not expect a deal to be confirmed soon.
The consensus of opinion in the paddock is that Hulkenberg and Massa are engaged in a direct head-to-head fight for the seat, but Martin Brundle feels the team could opt for both and drop Romain Grosjean. "It could be Massa and Hulkenberg - I don't think it is guaranteed they are going to put Grosjean back in it," he said. "I think finances are going to play a part - one of Felipe's personal sponsors, Richard Mille, is on the front of the Lotus which I can imagine is going to spin up into an interesting situation for the team financially and you know Massa is going to do a good job. "He said he 'doesn't want to make up the numbers in F1' so it has to be a Lotus level team because if he goes back to Sauber in the second half of the grid it is kind of over."