I'm not Ferrari number one: Massa

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MONZA, Italy (AFP) — Brazilian Felipe Massa denied on Thursday that he was now Ferrari's number one driver following world champion Kimi Raikkonen's retirement at the last GP in Valencia.

Massa sits second in the world championship standings, six points behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Raikkonen's retirement dropped him to third overall, 13 points down on the young Briton but with six races left, Massa insisted his Ferrari team-mate is still in the hunt.

"The distance between us and McLaren will be small right down to the wire," he said. "Right now you could say that the title is between Hamilton and me but Raikkonen only needs two or three good races to get back in the battle."

However, Massa admitted that team orders could come into play later on...