Felipe Massa admits that he was disappointed with his result in Malaysia, but in hindsight he would not change his actions. Massa's constant attack on Lewis Hamilton for 2nd place, caused him to run off track, sending him to 5th place, where he would finish the race. This is what the Brazilian had to say:
"We made more checks than if it didn't happen, and he simulated the problem during free testing here last week, and after all that we are satisfied that nothing demonstrated that we should change our programme from Australia."
Of course, what happened in Sepang was disappointing. It was not what we had expected. Lewis stopped on lap 20 and I refuelled on lap 17, so there was not a big difference in our fuel loads during the first stint of the race. But the only certainty I had was that, having lost position to Fernando and to Lewis, I knew that if I did not pass Lewis as soon as possible, my race was effectively over. The best I could have finished would have been third at that point
I would never have overtaken him in the run of pit stops and so the only course open to me was to try and pass him on the track. That is why I said to myself that I did not want to sit behind him, looking at the back of a McLaren for the whole race! If people accuse me of making mistake, I say, yes I did make a mistake, because otherwise I would have been ahead of him. But, I am not disappointed that I tried to pass him. You have to try in life and if tomorrow I am in the same position, I would try again."
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