Ferrari signs driver Massa through 2012

Ferrari has signed Felipe Massa to a two-year contract extension that keeps the Brazilian driver with the Italian Formula One team through 2012.

Massa, who lost the 2008 championship to Lewis Hamilton by a single point, says "it is a matter of pride for me to be able to continue working with a team that I regard as a second family."

Since 2006, Massa has 11 victories, 15 pole positions and 30 podiums in 69 races for Ferrari. He spent three previous seasons at Sauber.

Massa, 29, survived a near fatal crash in Hungary last year. He currently is tied for sixth in the drivers' standings.

With Fernando Alonso also signed through 2012, team principal Stefano Domenicali says "we wanted to show proof of stability for the future."

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