Massa: Maybe I will not be here next year

Felipe Massa is in the middle of his fourteenth full season on the Formula 1 grid and while his presence in 2017 is yet to be confirmed, the Brazilian resigned to the fact he may not find what he is looking for from a team for 2017.

Massa told ESPN, "I'm doing what I love to do, which is racing, but I'm not here just to participate. I'm here to do what I feel that I can do, and to feel happy and to feel that I am an important key in the team that I am working for, and if I don't have that I'm not interested to carry on.

"You always have some interests outside but I think maybe when the decision is one hundred per cent sure, we will see what we are looking at after that."

Massa has been with Williams since 2014, but the likes of Jenson Button and even Sergio Perez are being linked to the team for next season. Both Massa and current teammate Valtteri Bottas yet to be confirmed by the Grove outfit.

Massa revealed that he is talking to teams beyond Williams, "Talks are for sure happening since a little bit of time. I would not say just here, in this team, but around. I think now we don't have 100 percent the right answer and at the time will be the right answer, so we see what is going to happen.

"I don't want to really say names of teams or whatever but I am interested in being able to drive in a team that I feel important, that I feel that we can have a good result, a good job, and if I don't have that, maybe I will not be here next year," concluded Massa.