"It is very annoying. I don't know what the lap time would have been but very annoying that he got in the way because it was blatantly slowing me down," Button was quoted as saying by Autosport after qualifying.
Massa admitted he slowed down in order to get a clean lap, but denied he had the intention of blocking Button. "There was a car in front of me, he slowed down and I slowed down as well. Then I pushed and when I see Jenson coming I pushed, so I didn't do anything on purpose, definitely," said Massa.
"I cannot complain so much because in Q1, I was not in traffic. For me it was worse in Q3 than Q1, but maybe I was lucky as well. I am sure some people had traffic in Q1, but anyway it didn't happen," added the Brazilian.
Massa, who qualified in fourth, declared himself very pleased with his performance, especially after solving his problems with the tires. The Brazilian also said there was still a lot to play for in Sunday’s race, despite Mark Webber securing pole position.
"Game over, for sure not. It takes a very long time to say it is game over, it is not game over. We are there to fight and we are going to try to fight until the end, until the end of the championship when you see that in the points you have no chance,", said Massa.
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