Felipe Massa has ruled out a move to Formula E next year, even 𝓀if he doesn’t race in Formula 1, saying that he needs to find the right team in either championship to continue racing. 

Rumours about Massa’s future have circulated ever since his return to W🌳illiams for 2017 following his planned retirement at the end of last season, gaining a reprieve after Valtteri Bottas’ move🐎 to Mercedes.

Massa was angling for a move into Formula E before returning to F1, testing with Jagua🐈r, but the Brazilian does not want to rush a transfer.

With the next Formula E season starting one week after the end of the F1 campaign in Abu Dhabi, it would be a tight turnaround and one that Massa didn’t think he would be ready for, having previousl﷽y described the Formula E driving experience as “completely different” when he tested the Jaguar I-Type in Italy earlier this year.

“I don’t think I will be ready to start the season or even do it in my Formula 1 championship,” Massa said when asked about a possible Formula E move for season four by mahbx.com.

“I think also even if I don’t race in F1 next year, I will n♌ot race in Fo🍨rmula E next year.

“I don’t want to♒ do things just to race. I want to do things in a prop𝔉er way.”

Massa stressed on Thursday he wanted Williams to prove it was keen to keep him as part of its F1 team for⛦ 2018 if he were to ext🦂end his contract, and added he would want a similar level of commitment from any Formula E programme.

“I want to have everything I want in the way that I bel💞ieve is correct for me,” Massa said.

“Ifꦦ I go to Formula E, I want to find the right team for me to go to.”