Tag Archives: Felipe Massa

F1: Ferrari has ‘great confidence’ in Massa – president

Mar.29 (GMM) Luca di Montezemolo has offered Felipe Massa some cautious backing.

The struggling driver was summoned to Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters this week rather than travel home to Brazil to see his young family.

But team boss Stefano Domeni…

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F1: Massa summoned to Maranello amid career crisis

Felipe Massa, Ferrari on the gridPhoto by: xpb.cc

Mar.28 (GMM) Amid his performance slump and rumours Sergio Perez will soon replace him, Ferrari’s struggling Felipe Massa has been summoned to Maranello.

A report on the Italian team’s official websi…

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F1: Ferrari should explain Massa’s ‘test driver’ role

Mar.27 (GMM) A Brazilian correspondent has leapt to the defense of Felipe Massa.

"Ferrari is making a huge mistake," wrote Livio Oricchio in his O Estado de S.Paulo blog.

Massa is currently the subject of widespread criticism and vociferou…

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F1: Ferrari at the Australian GP – Clouds cloud judgement

If it’s true that the F1 cognoscenti have spent the winter saying we will only understand the current team hierarchy after Qualifying in Albert Park, it had been expected that maybe Friday’s three hours of free practice would shed some light on th…

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F1: Ferrari’s Friday at the Australian GP – A day that was hard to understand

The 2012 season has got underway in indecipherable fashion. After so many kilometres in winter testing at Jerez de la Frontera and Barcelona, today one could have expected a few indications from the first two free practice sessions of the Australian G…

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F1: Ferrari Barcelona testing – Day 3 report

A “Hard” day for Felipe at Montmelo

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari
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Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya – 4.655 km
Driver: Felipe MassaCar: Ferrari F2012
Weather: air temperature 8/21°C, track temperature 10/27 °C. Sunny.
Maranello, 23…

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Scuderia Ferrari Racing News no.3

Guest of honour at the Fiorano track: the extraordinary fighter plane F-104S, protagonist in a unique duel with the Ferrari 126 CK of Gilles Villeneuve. Don’t miss the interviews with Felipe Massa and Alex Cinelli regarding the aerodynamic and…

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F1: Rigon not third driver at Ferrari in 2012

Feb.21 (GMM) Davide Rigon has confirmed reports he will not serve as Ferrari’s official reserve driver in 2012.

Davide Rigon
Photo by: GP2 Media Service

With Ferrari’s Jules Bianchi moving to Force India this year, it was initially assumed that Ital…

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F1: Salo ‘surprised’ Ferrari kept Massa for 2012

Feb.17 (GMM) Former Ferrari driver Mika Salo has admitted he was “surprised” his former team opted to honour Felipe Massa’s contract for 2012.
The Finn, who raced at the famous Maranello team for a time in 1999 after Michael Schumacher broke his leg, …

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