Ferrari extended Felipe Massa’s contract for one more season on Tuesday, a move that keeps pressure on the Brazilian to perform for the Formula One team.
A brief statement from Ferrari said it had renewed the Brazilian’s deal “to the end of the next year race season.”
“Ferrari is my sporting family and I’ve always raced in F1 with motors built in Maranello,” said Massa, who previously competed with the Sauber team supplied by Ferrari. “I can’t see myself at the wheel of a car powered by anyone else.”
The announcement came two days after Massa’s fourth-place finish in the Korean Grand Prix.
Massa also finished fourth in the Italian GP last month, then took second in the Japanese GP nine days ago for his first podium result in nearly two years.
The 31-year-old Massa hasn’t won a race since a life-threatening accident at the Hungarian GP in 2009. He is currently ninth in the drivers’ standings.