Massa Predicts Tough Race for Sauber

Brazilian Felipe Massa expects to endure a tough United States Grand Prix tomorrow following today's qualifying session.

Massa, however, is not ruling out a points finish in the Indianapolis race.

"Considering the performance over the whole weekend I think I had a reasonable lap," said the Sauber driver after qualifying in 15th place, over two seconds off pole position, set by Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello.

"The race will be very tough for us, but others have also been and we still scored points in them, which of course is always our goal."

Italian teammate Giancarlo Fisichella finished right ahead of Massa, and the Roman is confident his strategy will pay off tomorrow.

"We suffered with lack of rear-end grip in qualifying, which we expected after yesterday," Fisichella said.

"Although my lap today was not perfect, I know we have a good race strategy. In other races we have had good race pace and proved that we can do well, so I'll be pushing hard again tomorrow."