Massa admits lollipop return possible

UPDATE Scuderia Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali declared that his team will look into the problems they are suffering with their pitstop light system. Today, the team lost the Singapore victory after Massa received the green light when the fuel hose was still attached to his F2008. Domenicali declared after the race: "Unfortunately there was a mistake. It was not an electronic system, it was run manually, because normally in that condition when there are a lot of cars coming in that safety car situation. It is better to have like a lollipop but instead of a lollipop you control the green light and unfortunately there was a mistake.

09/28/08 (GMM) Felipe Massa has admitted that abandoning Ferrari's unique 'traffic lights' pitstop solution is an option, following yet another blunder in Singapore on Sunday.

The latest mistake could cost the Brazilian the world championship, after he fell 7 points behind McLaren's title leader Lewis Hamilton by failing to score at F1's first night race.

Massa pulled away from a pitstop too early, ripping the refuelling hose from the rig, knocking over a mechanic, and incurring a penalty for driving into the path of another car.

"It was not a technical failure, but a human one, so the same thing can happen with any system," the 27-year-old told reporters when asked if Sunday's incident might finally compel Ferrari to abandon the 'traffic lights' system.

"Of course we could return to using a lollipop, but today's problem was not about this," Massa added, explaining that because a mechanic pressed a button too soon, the green light on the driver gantry simply came on too soon.

"These things happen," he continued. "We are all human and we can all make mistakes."

Team boss Stefano Domenicali confirmed: "It was Felipe himself who went to console the mechanic who made the mistake."