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MONZA, Italy -- With a dedication to mentor Michael Schumacher, Williams driver Felipe Massa announced Thursday that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season.The 35-year-old Brazilian said he chose to make the announcement at the Italian Grand Prix because that was where Schumacher made his retirement announcement a decade ago, which cleared the way for Massa to remain at Ferrari.The only way for me to stay was for him to stop, Massa said. He chose to give me this option to stay. (Italy) is my second country that I love and I think this is an important place to do this.Massa made the announcement at a news conference alongside deputy team principal Claire Williams.Im more nervous now than all my race starts, Massa said. After 27 years of my racing career, since I started karting and with 15 years in F1, this will be my last season in F1. ... 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Everything is unlimited. I need to raise the limits of my performances). The Delhi batsman said this after smashing a 48-ball century against Jharkhand in Thumba to add to his hundred in the first innings.With 799 runs, including four hundreds, Pant is also the leading run-getter so far in this Ranji Trophy season. The 19-year-old, though, doesnt want to count the number of centuries he has scored. Only performances matter - the bigger the better, he tells ESPNcricinfo. Delhis top order responded strongly after being asked to follow on, scoring 214 for the loss of three wickets. When Pants turn came, he walked out to bat on an empty stomach, again. I get very little time for breakfast, he said with a laugh. Because, every day I either have batting or wicket-keeping [drills before play]. Thats the system in every match.That, however, didnt stop Pant from creaming Jharkhands bowlers for 135 in 67 balls, with 78 runs coming in sixes. Pant was surprised to learn his 21 sixes in the match was the second-most in a first-class game. Bas lag raha tha ki yaar ache se khelna padega, aise kya gande tareeke se khelta hai (I felt I wasnt batting properly and that I had to play better, thats all). I had got an opportunity to bat again; that hasnt happened in the most of our matches, Pant, who has batted in only seven innings from five games, says.Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, who is Pants Delhi Daredevils team-mate in the IPL, was at the receiving end of some unbelievable strokes. There was some rough and we were trying to land there, but he would step out andd easily hit sixes off even those deliveries that were out of his reach, Nadeem says.dddddddddddd In the first innings, he was batting on 99, and when Sunny Gupta, the offspinner, was bowling, he hit him against the spin over midwicket. That was a pretty huge six.According to Nadeem, bowling to Pant was particularly difficult given how flat the pitch was. There are the Virender Sehwag-types who believe in their strokes right from the start rather than taking singles. Pant belongs to that category, he says. There were fielders on the boundary line, but he was still clearing them easily.For his part, Pant said when the shot is timed well, it doesnt matter if the ground is small or big. Coach KP Bhaskar had called for better shot-selection from Pant after Delhis 160-run loss to Karnataka, but according to Pant, Bhaskar has asked him to back his natural game. He believes playing his natural game and batting responsibly arent mutually exclusive. When you express yourself, it doesnt mean you are not playing responsibly, he said. People generally think that when someone plays attacking cricket, he doesnt bat responsibly. But, if you dont play responsibly, there is only one outcome: you get out.Does Pant think he could have scored the hundred in fewer deliveries? Of course. I had reached 96 in around 42 or 43 deliveries. But then, they were bowling outside off, and I couldnt force myself to go after those deliveries, he says, and throws in another punchline for good measure: Cricket mein kuch bhi sakta hai, sochne waali koi baat hi nahin hai. Aaj maine [record] banaya, kal koi aur karega (Anything can happen in cricket. I created a record today, someone else will do it tomorrow). ' ' '