Felipe Massa has spoken out to defe🍌nd his wet-weather prowess in Formula 1, despite having floundered in the rain-lashed British Grand Prix at Silverstone a fortnight ago.

The Brazilian spun a total of five times during the race around the Northants circuit en route to 13th place - and last - at the chequered flag, allowing both Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren-Merced💝es' Lewis Hamilton to join him atop the titꩲle standings.

That marked the𓆉 second wet outing in which he has struggled this year - after he fell away to a distant third place from pole position in Monaco - and gave further ammunition to those who had claimed he would be one of the drivers most ill-at-ease in the sport's 🅘new, traction control and driver aids-free era.

Whilst Massa has seemingly bounced back in Hockenheim this weekend - consistently out-performing defending F1 World C♕hampion Raikkonen throughout both practice and qualifying to line up on the front row of the starting grid alongside Hamilton - he insisted he did not view his German form as a kind of '👍recovery'.

"In my career, I have🧸 been quick in the wet," the 27-year old told reporters at the Baden-W?rttemberg circuit, 💮"Even in go-karts I always won in the rain.

"I don't believe i🧜t when people say I am not good in the ꦅwet. I haven't forgotten how to drive in the wet now I am in Formula One.

"I just had a very bad weekend at Silverstone - not just the race, but the whole weekend was very bad f𒐪or me. What we saw today here was not the recovery. It was just what we are able to do. That's our target, to be competitive and we are so it's just normal."