Kammala wannan jumla: Massa ya fara da kyau a Ferrari, ya cancanci na biyu a tseren farko a
Bahrain, kuma ya fito daga matsayi na 21 zuwa na 5 a Malaysia, ya doke abokin aikinsa Michael Schumacher, wanda ya fara daga 14th. A Bahrain, duk da haka, a duka horo na Asabar da tseren, Massa ya ci gaba da son yin juyi, ya rasa Fernando Alonso, wanda ya lashe tseren. A gasar GP ta Australiya ya yi hadari da Ferrari a cikin cancantar, sannan ya yi karo da Christian Klien da Nico Rosberg a farkon kusurwar tseren. Duk da haka, Massa ya zira kwallaye na farko a Nürburgring, ya gama na uku a bayan Michael Schumacher da Fernando Alonso. Ya kuma kafa mafi saurin zagaye a Barcelona a shekara ta 2006. Massa yana da ƙarin podium guda huɗu a cikin 2006, kuma ya ɗauki matsayinsa na farko na F1 da kuma nasararsa ta farko ta F1 a filin Istanbul Park. Matsayinsa na gaba a Ferrari ya sami tabbaci lokacin da Michael Schumacher ya sanar a ranar 10 ga Satumba 2006, zai yi ritaya daga F1 a ƙarshen kakar 2006. A ranar 22 ga Oktoba, Massa ya lashe tseren gidansa a Interlagos, wanda ya zama karo na farko da wani direba na Brazil ya ci nasara a Interlagos tun Ayrton Senna a 1993. Massa ya gama kakar wasa ta uku tare da maki 80, a bayan zakaran duniya Fernando Alonso da abokin aikin Ferrari Michael Schumacher.