Massa had suspension problem - Ferrari

Title aspirations now effectively over

Massa now 23 points down with four races to go...

Ferrari's Sporting Director on Sunday admitted that Felipe Massa retired from the Italian Grand Prix probably with a rear suspension failure.The Brazilian, who struck trouble at Monza on lap ten after banging wheels with Lewis Hamilton at the start, has now fallen 23 points behind the championship leader with just four races to go.

"We still have to look into it more closely," Stefano Domenicali told RTL, "(but) it seems to be probably a problem of the suspension." Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finished Ferrari's home race just third, telling reporters that despite a sore neck, the F2007 was simply outpaced by McLaren this weekend.

Massa was asked by reporters if he thought emerging as the 2007 world champion was now an impossible task. "Impossible no, but for sure not easy," he said. "I'll just keep my head up and be competitive. I'm sure we can fight for more victories."