FIA to examine how Massa was able to start ahead of himself in Spa

There has been a lot of chat online and in the comments section of this site these past few days about Felipe Massa’s start in Spa.

The Brazilian parked his car ahead of the grid slot he was supposed to take up and thus gained a small advantage from it, certainly over a metre. The FIA’s [...]

Alonso wins German Grand Prix as Ferrari tell Massa to move over

Team orders returned to the top of the agenda in Formula 1 today as Fernando Alonso took the win in the German Grand Prix thanks to his team mate Felipe Massa letting him through in the closing stages, despite leading the race from the start. It is a tough moment for Massa and a hard [...]

Massa lands new two year deal with Ferrari

Felipe Massa has been retained by Ferrari for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, it was announced today.
With the Brazilian’s contract set to expire at the end of the season, there were rumours that his seat may be up for grabs. Robert Kubica’s name was linked with the drive, as was Mark Webber’s.
Prior to the Turkey [...]

Red Bull and Ferrari bosses hint at unchanged line ups

Today has seen the bosses of Red Bull and Ferrari give strong hints that they will be keeping the same driver line up for next season.
First Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali said Felipe Massa was likely to be given an extension in an interview with my old sparring partner Martin Brundle on the BBC.
“Yes I think so,” [...]

What Felipe Massa has to do this weekend

This weekend at the Turkish Grand Prix a lot of attention is likely to fall on Felipe Massa.
A three times winner of the Istanbul race, this is a weekend when he needs to show that he still has it in him to take Ferrari to the winner’s circle and to run his team mate [...]

Todt Jr to launch F1 team bid with ART GP

It has long been rumoured but now it’s official – Jean Todt’s son Nicolas is launching a bid to run his own F1 team, taking his highly successful GP2 team ART GP into the sport’s highest category.
With the failure of USF1, there is a 13th slot on the grid for next season and the FIA [...]

Massa out of sorts in critical season

Felipe Massa looked rather dejected all weekend.
He was asked after the race by Italian colleagues whether this was because of the rumours that Ferrari was thinking of replacing him with Robert Kubica,
“I’m not happy because the whole winter test I was 110% happy with the car the way I drive. I started the [...]

Alonso: Life at Ferrari better without Schumacher

Fernando Alonso has been speaking about life at Ferrari in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The Spaniard has claimed Michael Schumacher’s decision to turn his back on Ferrari in favour of a return to Formula 1 with Mercedes GP has helped him settle in more quickly with Italian team.
Alonso, who won the [...]

Massa – well and truly back in business

We are half way through the official testing season and there are many interesting story lines emerging. Everyone is looking to get a feel for who’s ahead, but as I posted a few days ago, I’m inclined to believe the engineers I speak to who say that it’s looking pretty close and there is no [...]

Thoughts on Rossi, Massa, Trulli, Alguersuari and Lopez

This weekend has been quite low key in anticipation of a big week ahead. It’s the quiet before the storm.
Tomorrow Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg will pull the covers off the first Mercedes F1 car for 55 years and by next Sunday we will know what three of the main contenders for the world [...]

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2010 F1 World Championship Standings
after Belgian Grand Prix
1L Hamilton1:29:04.260
2M Webber+00:01.571
3R Kubica+00:03.493
4F Massa+00:08.264
5A Sutil+00:09.094
6N Rosberg+00:12.359
7M Schumacher+00:15.548
8+00:16.678K Kobayashi
9V Petrov+00:23.951
10J Alguersuari+00:29.457

Driver Standings
1L Hamilton182
2M Webber179
3S Vettel151
4J Button147
5F Alonso141
6F Massa109
7R Kubica104
8N Rosberg102
9A Sutil45
10M Schumacher44

Team Standings
1Red Bull Renault330
2McLaren-Mercedes329
3Ferrari250
4Mercedes GP146
5Renault123
6Force India Mercedes57
7Williams Cosworth40
8BMW Sauber27
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari11
10=Lotus F10
10=Hispania Racing F10
10=Virgin Racing0



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