Felipe Massa has promised not to panic as he tries to figure out the reason for his poor qualifying performance at Catalunya.
The Ferrari driver will start a lowly ninth, having lapped 0.6s slower than his team-mate Fernando Alonso in Q3 as the home hero grabbed fourth.
"In qualifying I had a lot of trouble finding the right grip level, especially in the second and third sectors, which contain the slowest corners on the track," said Massa.
"I felt as though I was rally driving, always understeering."
He admitted that he had been steeling himself for a tough time after being less than happy with the car in practice.
"Already yesterday, I realised this would not be an easy weekend and so I was not surprised at what happened today," said Massa.
"We worked on different set-ups for the car and chose the best one, but it was not enough.
"We have to work out why, but without panicking, but by calmly analysing the situation.
"Maybe I didn't put together the best possible lap, but even so I don't think I would have been in the fight for the top places."
Ferrari's Chris Dyer insinuated that Massa's result might just have been a better reflection of the team's pace, and that perhaps Alonso had over-achieved.
"Fernando produced an exceptional lap and getting the car at least onto the second row was down to his talent," said Dyer.
Source: ITV.com
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