Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa is optimistic he will enjoy a positive Monaco Grand Prix after a good start to the weekend in practice on Thursday.

The Ferrari driver has struggled to get his tyres working properly in recent races, and he endured a difficult Spanish Grand Prix last weekend.

However, things were much better for Massa in Monte Carlo, where he feels the problems are now behind him after posting the fourth fastest time of the day.

“I have good feelings about the car,” Massa told reporters. “The car was Read the rest of this entry »

Felipe Massa analysing the upcoming Monaco GP weekend. Round 6 of the Formula 1 World Championship sees the teams set up camp at the most famous, glamorous and charismatic venue on the calendar.

Felipe Massa is hoping the softer tyres available to teams in Monaco this weekend will help him rediscover his confidence in the cockpit.

The Brazilian has confessed to struggling with the harder tyres that have been used since the Bahrain Grand Prix – and reckons that is why he has been unable to match the pace of team-mate Fernando Alonso.

But with Bridgestone making the super soft and medium tyres – the same choice as in Bahrain – available to teams in Monaco this weekend, Massa is hoping for an improved performance.

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Felipe Massa says he is baffled by his lack of pace in recent races – and says he cannot understand why he is struggling so much to get comfortable with the 2010 tyres.

The Brazilian has seen team-mate Fernando Alonso seize the upper hand at Ferrari in the last few grands prix, despite the pair having been evenly matched all winter.

Massa thinks the state of affairs is the result of him not being able to work the harder compound tyres that have been used since the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

“Definitely I am not happy because the whole winter in tests I was 110 per cent happy with the car and the way I drove,” said Massa after the Spanish Grand Prix, where he was beaten by Alonso all weekend.

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Ferrari believes it urgently needs to bring more downforce onto its car if it going to be able to take the championship fight to Red Bull Racing.

Although Fernando Alonso is second in the drivers’ standings, and ahead of both Red Bull’s men, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali believes the pace of the RB6 in Spain last weekend has acted as a wake-up call about its aerodynamic advantages.

And with the F1 calendar now heading for a series of tracks where downforce is key, Domenicali reckons his team must find more aerodynamic performance if it is stop Red Bull seizing the initiative in points terms.

“Red Bull did a step in terms of their own performance,” Domenicali said about the Read the rest of this entry »