Massa ready to take title

Felipe Massa says he is ready to take the World title after falling short in his previous attempts.

Massa joined Ferrari in 2006 and has found himself finishing in the top four in the Drivers' Championship, despite playing the back-up roll for Michael Schumacher and now Kimi Raikkonen.

But the Brazilian will be feeling it might be his year after taking the lead in the standings following his win at the French Grand Prix, taking him three points above second-placed Robert Kubica.

"I think so," he said when asked if he felt ready to be crowned World Champion.

"I think if you are in this position, you cannot say you are not ready. You are ready. But you need a long way of working and it is still very early to think about the Championship now. We need to think race by race."

The Brazilian also stated that he wouldn't be looking this weekend's British GP any different to how he usually approach races just because he's leading the standings.

"Well to be honest there is not a big difference," he said. "We are only in the middle of the championship and we still have many races to go, so the approach is the same and the way of working is the same. So it doesn't change because you are the leader or not.

"We've seen four different leaders this year, so we know things can change very quickly and we just need to keep doing what we have been doing until now.