While he may have sacrificed victory in his home📖 Brazilian Grand🧸 Prix, Felipe Massa claims there was no chance he would have been tempted to win at Interlagos if Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen had a shot at the title.

Indeed, Massa haꦆs been the front runner all weekend and duly took the lead from pole positio⛎n into the first corner before working with Raikkonen to put a massive buffer between themselves and their rivals.

However, while Massa - cheered on by thousands of chanting supporters - was the fastest driver on the circuit, he was not about to prevent his team-mate from claiming the Drivers' title, with Ferrari engineering their pit-sto༺ps to🃏 get the Finn in front.

Although Massa, who finished ☂second, admits he was disappointed not to be able to repeat the win he managed🃏 in 2006, he hailed Raikkonen as a great champion.

"Today is a great day for the team and for Kimi, who has won the Drivers' title. Of course I would have liked to have won my home race again this year,🧜 but I am happy to have helped my team-mate, who was the only one of us still in with a chance of taking the title.

"I am proud to have done it for Fe🙈rrari who believed in me even when I was no๊t in Formula 1. It is thanks to the people in Maranello that I am here and it is with them that I have grown as a driver and as a man.

"After everything that has happened this year, both on and off the track, today it is great to be able to celebrate two world titles. Today I had a fantastic car and I could have gone even quicker on track꧃ than I did. I also want to thank all our partners for all their support."