Sorry but you are wrong about the second pit stop for Massa.
During the live coverage when Vettel pitted (that was after Alonso) he was told by the team to stay out when Massa himself asked why he is forced to stay out and the team said something in the lines of "Just stay out, you got a clear track ahead of you and let us see what you can do with these tires"
I really can't see that as not being a team order to let Massa stay out a bit extra to make sure he won't exit the pits close to Alonso.
WRONG.
Vettel behind Sutil, Massa behind Vettel and Alonso behind Massa.
you by now should know that staying behind a car chews up your tyres are lot more than being in clear air. Alonso was stuck behind, they both had a 2 stopper originally, but since they got stuck behind Sutil and Vettel, Alonso reacted first by switching to a 3 stopper in order to jump Sebastian, Massa and Sutil, and it did work but did not work for the win.
Massa panicked because they were both on a 2 stopper, Rob Smedley gave him encouragement that he had FREE space and see if he could nail 2 quali laps and bring him in. If Massa or Vettel or Alonso wouldn't be stuck behind each other or Sutil, a 2 stopper would of been obvious.
Massa just panicked cuz Alonso change the strategy they were both on, I mean, I also would be asking and panicking too, especially when im behind Vettel and in front of my teammate.
""The strategy didn't work so well in the last race but I was inside the decision as well, so I hope we do everything possible to make a good strategy this time." - Massa interview.
A good example non Ferrari would be Vettel stuck behind Lewis in Silverstone 2011 before their last pit, Vettel went in earlier behing stuck behind Lewis due to tyre deg. and it did work out for him. Same thing happen here.
Not trying to bash you, I like Massa and Alonso at best, but sometimes you have to break your pit plans. Massa simply freaked out, and I personally think Massa should of pitted a lap b4 Vettel and Alonso as he was also losing time behind behind dirty air.
At the end I think he just panicked, but I don't understand why people make such a big deal out of it, drivers have the right to change their strategy, and Alonso was just losing time stuck behind them 3 cars. It was a fair race, but in Massas defense, he drove like the Massa of old, but he needs to take back a bit of leadership charge, despite him being #2.
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Regarding Q on Malaysia, again it showed us nothing, why? change in conditions. Meant nothing to me once again, I think maybe Bahrain or Barcelona will finally show us who made the real progress.
I think Vettel ought to be more nervous about Massa than Alonso
Ferrari will let their drivers race, but also it is up to each driver to decide what strategy will work best for them, either way, the point is that Massa is finally back and this is what Ferrari need it to be competitive to get the Constructors since Alonso cant do it all.
I don't see Ferrari showing favoritism unless 1 driver is light years of points ahead of the other, but we all know they want Fernando, I mean, who wouldn't but again, They now have a higher chance at both titles than they did 2 years ago.
