Felipe Massa has lamented what he sees as further inconsistent calls from Formula 1 race stewards after being blocked by Carlos Sainz Jr during his opening lap in Q3 of qualifying for his final h🍨ome race.

The Williams driver says Sainz admitted deliberately disturbing🦄 Massa’s opening qualifying lap in the top ten shootout as a reaction to being blocked during free practice by the Brazilian driver.

An enraged Massa, hoping to see out his final home F1 race on a high, asked the F1 stewards to look into the incident but his call fell on deaf ears meaning the Brazilian will start🐈 from ninth place with Sainz keeping ahead in eighth on the grid.

Massa says once the emotions cool it will be another moment of in෴consistent decision-making by the stewards after seeing a number of drivers penalised for similar incidents but others escape without a penalty.

“Sainz disturbed me on purpose, he knew I was coming and he did it on purpose which for me is really bad,” Massa explained. “I said, ‘listen, if I disturb someone maybe it is because of an engineer mix-up or you don’t see them coming bওut when you disturb someone on purpose it is completely different.’

“It is thܫe stewards that need to decide. I was complaining massively but the stewards didn’t do anything so what can I do. They didn’t even put my name or th♍e incident as noted.”

“In two or three of the last qualifying sessions they have penalised drivers but didn’t penalise other drivers that they were supposed to. This i✤s another time of that.

“It is something we’ve 💜complained about for a long time in Formula 1 and it is possible to improve.”

Massa is eager ꦰto put the flashpoint out of his mind ahead of his final home F1 race and attack from ninth place with the target of a strong points finish.

“If nothing happens what can I do?” Massa said. “I need to concentrate and think about the race tomorrow as I’m still starting 🎐with a good grid po🍌sition and will fight tomorrow in the race.”