After a poor showing in Sunday’s first ever night race at the all new Singapore street circuit, Felipe Massa finds himself seven points down on the leader of the Drivers’ championship, Lewis Hamilton, and the team has dropped back to second place in the Constructors’ classification, one point behind the new leader, McLaren, with three races remaining.

“A black day, there’s little else to say,” said Stefano Domenicali. “We had the potential to finish first and second but we didn’t even pick up a point. We are very disappointed but that doesn’t mean we are downtrodden. We have always shown our ability to react, especially at the most difficult times and we will do it again this time. The situation in the two championships has become more complicated but there are still three races to go and a lot of points up for grabs. We know what we have to do to reach our objectives.”

Massa was in total control of the race up until the safety car came out with pole position to his credit and a strong lead over Hamilton....

“The first part of the race showed that our car was the quickest on track. The Safety Car came out at the worst possible moment, but we are not looking for excuses because this uncertain factor must always be taken into account. Then the team made a mistake at the pit stop during the Safety Car period, which cost Massa the race,” Domenicali added.

Thankfully, the mechanic that was knocked down in the incident was uninjured and as for the mechanic who made the mistake, a mistake that could have cost their driver the drivers crown, Felipe holds no hostility...

“I am very sorry for Felipe because he was driving a very strong race following on from a great pole yesterday. I want to point out that it was Felipe himself who went to console the mechanic who made the mistake, which shows the team spirit that we have between us: we win together and we lose together. Kimi managed to get into the points but then he ended up in the barriers at one of the many tricky points around this track. A shame, as it would have meant precious points for the Constructors’ classification. We must look ahead and prepare ourselves as well as possible for the remaining three races.”