Massa thinks Ferrari can be strong after topping the times in Indian GP practice

The Brazilian posted a best time of 1m25.706s to finish on top ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel.

"For sure I think the car was good. I think the car was competitive," said Massa. "We will see tomorrow, how Red Bull and McLaren were running in terms of fuel and everything, but I think the car was good and I did good laps as well.

"When the car is good and you do a good lap you can be on the top."

The Ferrari driver admitted the dust on track - specially off the racing line - was making things very tricky.

"The track was very dirty off line. It was very difficult, a lot of sand outside of the line, but it is a nice track."

Massa also reckons Pirelli has chosen the wrong tyres for the weekend, as he feels the hard compound is too hard for the Buddh circuit.

"For sure I think maybe the hard tyre is too hard for this track. It was really possible to drive the same tyres as the last race here because the asphalt is so smooth and the degradation is much lower than expected.

"We saw that in Korea when we had soft and super soft there. Everyone was scared but it was fine as it was the right choice and here, looking at the asphalt, it is not so different so for me it was not the right direction to bring the hard."