A dream come true, says tearful Massa

Massa roared to his first win as Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher failed to find a way past championship leader Fernando Alonso.

While the young Brazilian raced to the chequered flag from pole position, Renault's world champion Alonso and Schumacher were locked in a thrilling no-holds-barred battle for second place.

"Thank you boys, thank you," shouted Massa, punching the air in delight at a result that he could barely have expected when he and undisputed team number one Schumacher had lined up together on the front row.

"I think it is just fantastic," said a tearful Massa. "I have been working so hard in my whole career to get this moment and it is just amazing. I am really happy and really emotional. This is a fantastic day for me.

"It's like a dream come true. These two guys had already done this and this is my first time. It is like a dream come true.

"I always dreamed to be a Ferrari driver and winning the first race for Ferrari is definitely something special for me. The team is happy because we have been doing a good job this year.

"It is amazing for me to have the first victory for Ferrari," added the Brazilian, who led from the start to become the 97th Grand Prix winner.

"It was a very good start," he added. "A very good first lap and the car was just well balanced during the whole race. Even after the safety car I could manage to pull away in a good way and not too aggressive on the car and it was just very good.

"Every set of tyres, every part of the race the car was just responding in a fantastic way and I could keep the gap and drive not very aggressively during the whole race."