Two weeks ago Felipe Massa’s hopes of a podium in Spain were wrecked by a strange situation with the refuelling of his Ferrari, which meant that the team believed he was running out of fuel and was telling him to slow down in the closing stages of the race. He lost places to Mark Webber, [...]
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Massa clears up Barcelona fuel mystery
Posted in F1 News, Massa, tagged F1 News, Felipe Massa on May 21, 2009 | 66 Comments »
3 minutes with…Felipe Massa
Posted in Discussion, Ferrari, Massa, tagged F1, Ferrari, Massa on March 31, 2009 | 29 Comments »
This is Felipe Massa looking back across the wreckage of his Sunday afternoon. With a little commentary from me at the end.
Why did you start the race on the soft tyres?
“Now it looks very simple, but before the race we were looking at all the numbers, looking at the grip that there was on Friday [...]
Video – Massa and Raikkonen on new season
Posted in Drivers, Massa, Raikkonen on March 26, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Here’s some video I shot of the Ferrari event this morning. After reflecting on his recent misfortunes in the early races of the season, Massa talks about his feelings on the proposed winner takes all points system. Before you ask, the lady on the right is Dr Lisa Lilley, Shell’s fuel doctor.
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Massa has the Ferrari he was hoping for
Posted in Ferrari, Massa, Testing, tagged F1, Ferrari, Massa on March 14, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Felipe Massa ended this week’s Barcelona test with a positive message for Ferrari fans around the world, “We have the car we had hoped for.” The only problem is, there’s another car in front of it.
The F60 has suffered a few reliability problems this week, a leak in the cooling system prevented Raikkonen from completing [...]
Massa gets creative
Posted in Massa, tagged F1, Ferrari, Massa on March 4, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Felipe Massa has been doing a lot of thinking over the winter judging by some comments he made on the official F1.com site in an interview today.
Massa thinks that the races are too long and boring and also that teams and drivers should make more of testing, make it more of a spectacle and encourage [...]
Massa gives Ferrari a cautious thumbs up
Posted in Massa, tagged F1, Ferrari, Massa on February 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Felipe Massa, like all the drivers at Sakhir, has had a frustrating time with testing interrupted by sandstorms. He got some miles in on Tuesday but did not run the KERS system in the Ferrari car. The plan was to run it on Wednesday, but the sandstorm intervened.
Ferrari are not making too many noises at [...]
A question of luck
Posted in Drivers, Glock, Hamilton, Massa, Media, tagged Glock, Massa, Nakajima, tyres on November 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I talked a lot about luck during the broadcast on Sunday. Luck always has a role to play in big sporting events; the rub of the green, the ball hitting the crossbar, the engine failing three laps from the end.
When the hard work has been done and the results are what they are to that [...]
The 30 second World Champion
Posted in Drivers, Massa, tagged Hamilton, Massa on November 3, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Spare a thought for Felipe Massa. The Brazilian did everything he needed to at Interlagos, he won the race from pole position and as he crossed the line, Lewis Hamilton was in 6th place, needing fifth to take the title.
Massa had 38 seconds lead over Hamilton. He was world champion elect.
But on that final lap, [...]
