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Ferrari driver Felipe Massa turned petrol pump attendant in Sepang, Malaysia on Thursday.
The Brazilian - who suffered a difficult start to the season in Australia - filled up the tanks of lucky competition winners at a local garage.

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Felipe Massa took time out from his preparations for the upcoming Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang to help out at a petrol filling station.

The Brazilian was there to fill the tanks of three lucky competition winners, who all got the chance to meet the F1 star.

Massa has plenty of experience of conditions in Malaysia - Sunday's Grand Prix will be his tenth visit there.

SOUNDBITE: (English), Felipe Massa:

SUPER CAPTION: Felipe Massa:

"Well Sepang is a very nice track. You have a lot of different types of corner - high speed - but also some difficult corners when you have an important change of direction, slow corners. And also it is very hot, so it is also another point which is another difficult track for us in terms of physical point of view but also for the car to be strong."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Felipe Massa:

SUPER CAPTION: Felipe Massa:

"For the hot condition you lose a lot of water during the race so it is important to drink a lot of water. We take a lot of mineral salt as well to be strong. During the race you lose the most weight - not weight I mean kilogrammes after the race - that's why you need to be prepared."

The 30-year old's position with the Italian outfit though is coming under increasing scrutiny - with a poor result at the season opening Australian Grand Prix not helping.

Massa retired in Melbourne after clashing with his compatriot Bruno Senna and has not finished on the podium since the Korean Grand Prix back in October
2010.

Massa will have a new Ferrari chassis for the upcoming race - a drastic change in the hope that it arrests his alarming slump in form.