Felipe Massa could play second fiddle to team-mate Kimi Raikkonen as the Finn bids to be crowned the F1 World Champion
With three races remaining Raikkonen is Ferrari's best chance of winning the 2007 Drivers' Championship title. The Finn is just 13 points behind Championship leader Lewis Hamilton, while Massa is 20 adrift. The Brazilian may therefore be called upon to protect Raikkonen in the grands prix rather than chase the victory himself. And if that's what Ferrari want him to do, Massa says he's okay with doing it. "I work for the team," he said on Thursday in Japan. "If I don't have a chance, then for sure I will help the team. "The team are very fair with me. We had a very good Championship, they were very fair in terms of how we worked inside the team, and I don't have any problems to help the team in whatever Championship if I have no chance. "That is pretty clear. I am going to do the best I can to do what is best for the team." Raikkonen, though, denied claims that Ferrari now have a No1 and No2 driver. "I don't think we have number one and number two. We are racing. It is not why we are in this position," he told Autosport.
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