Felipe Massa has called on Ferrari to implement additional upgrades at the next race in Germany after equaling his best result of the season at Silverstone.
Ferrari headed into the British GP with an upgraded F60, which included a lighter chassis that Massa put to good use, improving from 11th at the start to fourth when the chequered flag fell after the 60 laps.
It was a solid showing from the Brazilian, moving him up to sixth overall in the Drivers' standings, a position he hopes to better when the F1 circus heads to the Nurburgring in two weeks' time.
"Next we go to the Nurburgring, where we have not been for two years," said Massa, who is most likely praying it doesn't rain during F1's upcoming visit.
"But I can still remember the 2007 event, where I had a great race and would have won, but it rained in the last few laps and I really struggled on my rain tyres that were giving me a lot of vibration.
"That allowed (Fernando) Alonso to catch me and we had a good fight, then we touched each other and he got past and I had to settle for second.
"It was a shame as the race was in my pocket until the conditions changed. All the same it was a good result and I'd shown good pace, setting the race fastest lap."
But with two years between races and an array of changes to the design of the cars, including aerodynamics and a swap from grooved to slick tyres, Massa concedes Ferrari are heading to the Nurburgring in the dark as to whether the track will suit their F60.
"As we haven't been there for a while, it's hard to tell if the Nurburgring will suit our car, but it is a good track and maybe the KERS should be more useful there than it was in Silverstone," he said.
"Whatever happens, I hope we can have some more developments on the car for that race and I look forward to having a good weekend there."
