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Felipe Massa says Ferrari should first resolve their reliability problems, then they can argue over which driver they want fighting for the World title.

Ferrari are on track to be the first team this season in which both drivers take engine penalties.

Charles Leclerc did so at the Canadian Grand Prix with Carlos Sainz set to follow suit at Paul Ricard, his last PU going up in flames as he retired from the Austrian Grand Prix.

That retirement, pundits have suggested, has at least resolved Ferrari’s number one driver debate with Leclerc up to second in the Drivers’ standings where he is 37 points ahead of his team-mate.

Massa, though, believes Ferrari have bigger issues they should be concentrating on such as delivering a reliable engine.

“When I came to the team in 2006, it was very clear who was first and who was second,” the former Ferrari driver said as per the Turkish edition of Motorsport.com.

“Then Kimi Raikkonen came to us. We agreed with each other that we would fight each other until the race in Spa and after that, whoever was behind in the championship would help his team-mate.

“I don’t know how the situation is at Ferrari at the moment in terms of distribution of roles, but I think their main priority should be reliability.

“They have to solve these problems first and only then decide which of the drivers will be the first driver.”

The Brazilian went on to explain that