FELIPE Massa and Valtteri Bottas hope to emulate their podium heroics from 12 months ago at the final race of the Formula 1 season at Abu Dhabi this weekend.

Brazilian Massa and Williams teammate Bottas finished second and third at the Yas Marina circuit last year.

And after the Grove-based team secured third in the constructors championship a fortnight ago, Massa is now aiming to end the year on a high.

He said: “We got very close to winning the race. It was the best result for the team with both cars on the podium.

“I really hope we can have a similar performance as we had last year because the car was really very strong.”

Bottas added: “It’s the season finale, so it would be very nice to end with a strong result with both of our cars like we did last season.”