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Massa expected better, surprised by rivals pace

Felipe Massa admitted on Saturday that he had expected to be higher up the grid after he topped the practice times on Friday. The Brazilian will line up fifth - alongside Romain Grosjean - and says his position is down to Ferrari's rivals improving more than he had expected. "For sure I expected a little bit better, maybe the top three," he said. "Looking at the lap time we did yesterday and the lap time we did this morning, I think the other cars improved more than we expected and maybe they were running a little bit heavier than we thought as well. "A one minute 34 second from Lewis was a very good time and the lap time from Kimi [Raikkonen] was very good as...
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