Ferrari wants to keep Massa - manager Todt

Felipe Massa's manager has backed up reports that Ferrari is moving towards extending the Brazilian driver's contract for 2011.

It had been reported that Nicolas Todt was in talks about a switch of teams for the 29-year-old Massa, who has often struggled for pace alongside Fernando Alonso this season.

But on the same day that Istanbul specialist Massa outqualified Alonso, Frenchman Todt played down the reports about his talks with rival teams.

"We know that F1 is filled with rumours that are often factually false," he is quoted by Europe 1 radio from Turkey.