Felipe Massa says his retirement from F1 came at the right moment and feels the respect he's been given from the entire p💎addock is more valuable 🌊to him than any trophy he has won.

The Williams driver bowed out with class in Abu Dhabi as he ended his time racing in F1 w🌜ith 250 race starts, 11 race wins and 16 pole positi▨ons.

A꧟ hugely admired figure throughout the sport, as well as being remembered for his talents the Brazilಞian will also be known for his humility and composure in adversity, from his life-threatening injury suffered in Hungary in 2009 to his emotional podium celebration in Brazil despite losing the title to Lewis Hamilton in 2008.

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Massa says he has been taken aback by the amount of respect and admiration show to🏅 him throughout the F1 paddock since announcing his retirement in September at Monza and says he will cherish it as a key memory from꧙ his career.

"I saw a lot of respect from the people everywhere, not only in my country. The people who I have been working together, people who I didn't even know their names, and they🐼 were really giving a lot of respect for everything I passed through, for everything I did," Massa said. "I always respect the people a lot, and I feel exactly the same respect I always gave to the people now.

ꦐ"This is a really nice feeling, so it is even more than a trophy. This is a nice way to stop and a nice way to g🌜et that from the people. I always respected most of the people I worked with, and competed with, which was part of my career.

"I am really happy with my decision. It is a good time. It couldn't be better, it couldn't work in a better way with how it is going, so I am really happy with my decis꧒ion, which is not easy, it is quite difficult to retire. But I am happy for that."

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Felipe Massa's vacant race seat at🃏 Williams will be filled by European Formula 3 champion Lance Stroll in 2017 as he prepare for his rookie F1 campaign.

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