Dear Nigel,
A quick question: in the current Formula 1 grid is there any driver who, if they were in the same age group as you, you could see yourself being close to in the way you were with Gilles? Is there any that you could see yourself going to the pub with? I get the impression that Massa and Chandhok wouldn’t be the worst company in the world.
Mark Farrell
Tag: Felipe Massa
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My F1 drinking companions…
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It can be tough following orders…
Dear Nigel,
Wasn’t Carlos Reutemann the one who reneged on team orders and said that if he wasn’t there to win he might as well be raising sheep in Argentina? What do you make of Ferrari’s team orders, and the submissive stance of both Massa now and Barrichello in the Schumacher years? To me this is a disgrace.
Sergio Botero
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July’s audio podcast
July 28th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 25 Comments
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. There was no avoiding the team orders scandal from Hockenheim, but we also have a look at the Formula 1 driving standards, the relationship between Vettel and Webber and whether it’s too late for Schumacher to start producing the results.
Anyway… enjoy and… Read more
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German Grand Prix report
July 26th, 2010 | Nigel Roebuck | 133 Comments
An unexpectedly boring German Grand Prix, this, for Hockenheim usually provides for more overtaking than most circuits, but if there was little excitement, there was certainly controversy. From the start the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso ran first and second, and on lap 49 they swapped positions, Massa… Read more
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Fernando can lift Ferrari
When it was announced, in September 2009, that Ferrari had decided to terminate Kimi Räikkönen’s contract a year ahead of time, and to put Fernando Alonso in with Felipe Massa, there was no surprise in Formula 1 circles. His first season with the team (2007, when he won the World… Read more
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Does Ferrari not want an Italian star?
June 16th, 2010 | Rob Widdows | 32 Comments
My thanks to those of you who have so mercilessly pointed out the weaknesses in my 2010 motor sport predictions. I do like a bit of feedback…
I am a huge fan of opera, particularly Italian opera. More specifically I am a devotee of Giacomo Puccini whose passions in life,… Read more -
Chinese Grand Prix report
April 19th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 38 Comments
As Martin Brundle said: “Lewis Hamilton has driven a great race, but Jenson was just that little bit better”. Having only qualified fifth Button made the call to stay out on slicks early in the race when much of the rest of the grid pitted for intermediates. It was this… Read more
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April’s audio podcast
April 8th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 25 Comments
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. This month we take a look at the first three races, the drivers, the teams and of course the racing.
One of our favourite parts of doing these podcasts is the variety of questions that we get sent in so if you haven’t… Read more -
Acting for the greater good
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound reasons – with a great deal of relish. Yet the opening race of the season had been one of the… Read more
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Fernando favoured over Felipe?
Dear Nigel,
I had the feeling that Felipe Massa was being left aside by Ferrari during pre-season testing, and that little by little Fernando Alonso is becoming a clear number one. Do you think Massa is no longer part of the team’s future plans, and will have to start searching for a drive somewhere else?
Tony
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