Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa complained about a lack of grip from his Ferrari after finishing a disappointing sixth in the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Brazilian qualified a lowly ninth and, despite making up a further three places on race day, he confessed himself unhappy after a difficult race.

“It was a difficult race,” said Massa. “I got a good start but then I was always behind other cars and I never managed to run at a constant pace. Once again today, the main difficulty was a lack of grip, especially in the third sector: every time it looked as though I might close on Button, he managed to get away from me over some sections of the track. We must work to improve the car’s performance and there is no doubt about it.”

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Mark Webber took a dominant victory in the Spanish Grand Prix, while problems for his team-mate Sebastian Vettel prevented a Red Bull 1-2.

The Australian was never troubled at the head of the field, while behind him Fernando Alonso capitalised on Vettel’s troubles and a late-race crash for Lewis Hamilton to take second.

Webber’s only challenge had come at the start, where he made up for his mistake in Malaysia and fiercely defended from Vettel on the run to the first corner.

After that he was able to gradually ease away from the Read the rest of this entry »

The Spanish Grand Prix
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;
66 laps; 307.104km;
Weather: Dry.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           1h35:44.101
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    24.065
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    51.338
 4.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:02.195
 5.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:03.728
 6.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:05.767
 7.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:12.941
 8.  Kubica        Renault                    +  1:13.677
 9.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
10.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
11.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
12.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     1 lap
14.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    2 laps
15.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +    2 laps
16.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +    2 laps
17.  Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    3 laps
18.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps
19.  Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1:24.357

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           43
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 28
De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari               19
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 1
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               1

World Championship standings, round 5:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:
 1.  Button        70        1.  McLaren-Mercedes          119
 2.  Alonso        67        2.  Ferrari                   116
 3.  Vettel        60        3.  Red Bull-Renault          113
 4.  Webber        53        4.  Mercedes                   72
 5.  Rosberg       50        5.  Renault                    50
 6.  Hamilton      49        6.  Force India-Mercedes       24
 7.  Massa         49        7.  Williams-Cosworth           8
 8.  Kubica        44        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          3
 9.  Schumacher    22
10.  Sutil         16
11.  Liuzzi         8
12.  Barrichello    7
13.  Petrov         6
14.  Alguersuari    3
15.  Hulkenberg     1       

All timing unofficial

Felipe Massa is concerned that he is no longer able to find the balance he needs with his Ferrari to be on the pace after he could only qualify ninth for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

The Brazilian was unable to match his team-mate Fernando Alonso, who will start from the second row, and he admitted on Saturday evening that he was still unsure of what was causing his problems.

“Fernando is a very good driver, but something has happened to me,” said Massa. “Something is not going like I want, so I can’t do the lap time or drive the car like I want.

“This is something that we need to understand, and improve. It will be Read the rest of this entry »

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:21.412  1:20.655  1:19.995
 2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:21.680  1:20.772  1:20.101
 3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:21.723  1:21.415  1:20.829
 4.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:21.957  1:21.549  1:20.937
 5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:21.915  1:21.168  1:20.991
 6.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:22.528  1:21.557  1:21.294
 7.  Kubica         Renault                1:22.488  1:21.599  1:21.353
 8.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:22.419  1:21.867  1:21.408
 9.  Massa          Ferrari                1:22.564  1:21.841  1:21.585
10.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:22.577  1:21.725  1:21.984
11.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:22.628  1:21.985
12.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:22.211  1:22.026
13.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:22.857  1:22.131
14.  Petrov         Renault                1:22.976  1:22.139
15.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:22.699  1:22.191
16.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:22.593  1:22.207
17.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:23.084  1:22.854
18.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:23.125
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:24.674
20.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:24.748
21.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:25.475
22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:25.556
23.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth           1:26.750
24.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:27.122

All Timing Unofficial

Felipe Massa says Ferrari is likely to continue using its F-Duct for the rest of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend after the system was run on Friday.

The Italian squad has introduced its own device for this weekend’s race after testing a preliminary version in the previous event in China.

Today’s results left the team positive about the device and Massa reckons the team is very likely to race it.

“I think the chance is big, so we Read the rest of this entry »