Felipe Massa has rejected calls for Formula One teams to slash the wages of their drivers in a bid to reduce costs.

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali recently floated the idea of teams reducing driver earnings in a bid to cut expenditure in a sport that has been acutely affected by the global economic downturn.

However, Domenicali's views are not shared by Massa, who said: "In a competitive sport like this, the driver plays a fundamental part, and the cost of the drivers are small compared to the total budget of the teams. The more people work to reduce costs, the better it is going to be for everybody."