Felipe Massa: “I fully support my team”

Felipe Massa has already been in England for a day, as yesterday he was in London to participate in an event of the Shell team sponsor and this afternoon he met the press, interested in what he had to say, starting from his considerations on the possibilities of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro for the English Grand Prix on Sunday. “I'm optimistic for this weekend, I think our car can be very competitive and I don't think our performance in Turkey reflects our capabilities,” said the Brazilian. “We understood the problem we had there and therefore we can make better use of the car and have a better car here.” Although the temperature in London yesterday exceeded 20 degrees, it was a cold day on this open and windy circuit, which was originally an airstrip and Felipe agreed in saying that milder weather conditions would certainly be a positive factor, once the cars start racing tomorrow. “If it's cold it will be a problem for everyone, especially for making the hard tires work best. But despite the weather, I like this circuit. How I feel since it's the last time we'll race here depends on which track replaces it. If it's a good track, then we won't miss Silverstone much, but if the new circuit isn't so suitable for racing then the situation will be different. But I appreciate the fact that this match is so important for the fans here."

Massa was asked how it is possible that a “small” team like Brawn could upset the team order, so the Ferrari driver started correcting the journalists! “First of all, Brawn is not a small team considering that the development of their car happened thanks to all the work they did when the team was still Honda and they had a lot of money available,” he explained. “It's not as if they started from scratch. In fact, they started building the car very early with a big budget behind them. Secondly, the rule change has had a big impact, especially on the big teams like Ferrari and McLaren who, since the end of last year, were putting a lot of their energy into developing the 2008 car to compete for that season's championship . But now we have made a big step forward since the beginning of the year and we are doing a really good job developing the car. However, from the beginning of the season, the gap compared to the performances of the leaders in the standings was too great. Apart from that, my goal is to try to win as many races as possible or finish as high as I can in the standings: what else can you do? Sitting on the floor and crying doesn't change things. We have to work and that's what we have always done and what we will continue to do to see how it ends. When you start a race weekend and you feel like you don't have a car that can win it's tough, but when, at the end of the race, you know that you got 100% out of the car, finishing the race in the best position possible, then you can be happy because you know you did everything you could. Of course, it's frustrating, but we are professionals, we know what we are capable of doing and we know that the results will come from the work we put in. I believe our car has the potential to win races this season."

In recent weeks, Felipe has spoken at length about his support for the Scuderia in his discussions, along with other teams, with the FIA ​​on the future of the sport, but today he was short and concise: “I have been following everything that is happening regarding the future of the sport and I fully support my team and whatever they decide to do, I will remain a Ferrari driver."