Massa: 'I am a Championship Contender'

[Ivan Mills]

Then Massa is very good at hiding that talant of him.

its not him hiding it..its the team hiding it for him

 

[David Garcia]

Yeaaaaahhh... sure. Cmon, stop that stuff. Ferrari needs him as they need Alonso. Thanks to Massa performance last cuouple of seassons the championships are gone, because it is a fact he could have taken many points from other teams with better racing. He really can´t complain.

 

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[Ivan Mills]

Yeaaaaahhh... sure.

It says you are Spanish..it is true ,right ,Garcia?

 

[David Garcia]

Ah ok, it is common that people without any arguments use this one instead. I am spanish, so what? No wories, I am used to it. I have been watching F1 since I was a kid, and there have never been spanish drivers around, so it has nothing to do with it... but good attempt.

I am sure other people understood what I was meaning.

 

[Ivan Mills]

Ah ok, it is common that people without any arguments use this one instead. I am spanish, so what? .

Ok, tell me why in your opinion ,was Felipe Massa running mid-field for the past 2yrs,while his spanish teammate was enjoying top end battles?

 

[David Garcia]

Obviously Ferrari missed Massa scoring points in both championships, this is a fact. If Massa would have taked some points from From Red Bull or McLaren in some races he would have been really useful for, a: Help Fernando on his championship fight, b: Help Ferrari in the constructor champiosnhips.

Saying Ferrari prefeers him to be not competitive makes no sense at all.

Answering to your question. First season after the Hungary accident, he was recovering the pace possibly and getting used to the car again, it was really trayumatic and could have been even worse, Massa knows it. Massa psicollogyst told a monthy ago he was almost fully recovered... A MONTH AGO.

Secondly, Alonso always proved to be better setting the car up and making an average car as good as possible, or at least driving it to the car limits, so if the Ferrari was not the best of the cars, Massa was racing wherever he could do it, midfield you say. Otherwise, how you explain Massa being so competitive last part of last season and these two races of 2013 season? I agree with some copmments above saying Massa depends directly on the car performance.

Fernando always outpoaced his team mates in race pace historically, and beat that will be really hard for whoever is sharing the pit with him.

 

[Scott Webber]

i really hope massa make's a point this year and shows he means business, great to see him start the 2013 season so strong

 

[Terry Rock]

If he said anything less I'd have to look at him differently.
Massa is a race driver in F1. You didn't get there at the time he did, without talent. A contender for the WDC.... Is that not the ultimate goal?
I do not rate him as any worst than many other driver on the grid...quite the contrary.
Though not as consistant, he's held his own in a few races...(when the car is good)...against a seven-time WDC in the same equipment.

 

[driveroz247]

He'll need Alonso to DNF a lot for him to stand any serious chance.

 

[ariel eric iziyaev]

Well, his last race really shows impressive capabilities. I think ferrari supports more than those who have a better chance, and the other driver should support it. Although I am completely against team orders but it is very legitimate. He is a nice guy but to deal championship it should also character of a shark. Wish him much success...

 

[Tony Holder]

 

[Hampus Andersson]

If Massa beats Alonso in Quali again at China then it will be the first time in history Alonso has been out-qualified 5 times in a row.

 

[David Garcia]

Really? I thought Trulli did that already in the past.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

He might be the "4th in a row" guy

 

[kristinu]

Massa has never (fully) really recovered from that crash in Hungary. Maybe this season he will build some confidence and start showing us some of the driving he is really capable of.

 

[David Garcia]

40 seconds behind Alonso... with no incidents or diference in strategy. He simply was unable to overtake Paul di Resta.