Felipe Massa has his sights set firmly on challenging for the Drivers’ Championship next season after ending the 2014 season on a high.
The Williams driver finished just seconds off eventual race victor Lewis Hamilton to secure second place in arguably the second quickest car on the grid.
Despite finishing 52 points adrift of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, the Brazilian insists he still has the pace to win and said “many things” were to blame for costing him points at the start of the season.
“Many things happened in the first phase of the season that made me lose many strong results,” he told Globo Esporte.
“Things did not start the way I would like, but we ended with a super-competitive car.
“I am happy with the second part of the championship and super-excited for next year.
“I think we can have a better year, a more competitive car, and come back to fight for victories and the championship,” he added.
“I already fought for victory in the last race and so I hope we can arrive at Interlagos and Abu Dhabi next year with a chance of the championship.”
It won’t be easy for Williams to surpass or even match Mercedes next year after the Anglo-German outfit ended the season with a huge advantage, but Massa is holding hope that hard work during the off-season will pay dividends.
“Our expectations [for 2015] are high,” said Massa. “We have regulations that are not changing much so I think most of the teams that had a competitive car will not have a big change. But it is always a new car, a new year,” he concluded.
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