Massa insists mistakes must stop

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Massa has described the engine blow-out three laps from home in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday when he was cruising to victory as "a nightmare".

"We've worked hard to make the car competitive again and this is a good thing for the upcoming races, but we've got to resolve the remaining problems," said Massa. "We have to be as competitive as at Budapest, but we need to improve our reliability. We can't repeat certain mistakes - we don't have any more excuses."

Massa, 27, added: "I have tried to forget the race in Budapest, but that's quite difficult.

"I don't want to forget it because in a certain way it was one of the best races I have ever had in Formula One, but it didn't end as the others, with a win.

"It was a shame because I really think 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 10 points we had in our hands, which was really frustrating, but these things sometimes happen in motor sport. In the end it was not my day.

"When the engine failed I had a strange feeling. It was like a nightmare and I wanted to wake up. It was an incredible disappointment - this sport can be really cruel.

"But looking at the standings at least I can stay calm because not even Lewis (Hamilton) won. However, we can't throw away points like that."