While Felipe Massa took the win here in Turkey on Sunday, teammate Michael Schumacher was beaten into third place by championship rival Fernando Alonso, the pair finishing just 0.081s apart as Michael made a late lunge for the finishing line. The seven time World Championship had been overtaken by Alonso when the leading cars all pitted for fuel and tyres when the safety car came out after 14 laps and the German spent the rest of the race attempting to regain the position.

His deficit to the Spaniard in the championship grew by two points to 12 but it is only normal for great sports stars to put setbacks behind them better than others as without this they would not be successful and able to reverse difficult situations. Therefore this is exactly what Michael intends to do in the final four races.

 "Okay, the Istanbul race did not go our way in terms of the championship. Now things have become tougher", explained a determined Michael. "However, anyone thinking that we would hide our heads in the sand would be very wrong. We are still going for the title and this is the desire of each and every one of us. There are still 40 points up for grabs and so it is a possibility. We will continue attacking, putting on the pressure and taking risks as this is the only tactic possible. I don't usually like making promises but I would like to make just one: we will continue doing all that we can to take the title".

The fact that Ferrari, after its fine showing in Turkey, has closed the gap in the Constructors' championship has helped Michael to overcome the delusion and once again he praised his young teammate’s performance….

"This should not be undervalued, neither should Felipe's performance. He raced excellently and I want to congratulate him once more. He truly deserved the win".