Massa: “Raikkonen's problems? Psychologically, I also suffered with Alonso"

Kimi Raikkonen's problems would be of a psychological nature. According to what Felipe Massa declared in a recent interview, the Ferrari Finn is suffering from Fernando Alonso's cumbersome presence in Red. The Prancing Horse itself, after announcing that the Brazilian would leave the Maranello team at the end of 2013, replaced Massa with Raikkonen. “Kimi's problem is psychological. I have too suffered the presence of Alonso. Raikkonen is undoubtedly a better driver than he is showing this season, if we look at what he has achieved in his past,” Massa confessed to Lance!, a Brazilian magazine.

“With Alonso in the team, Kimi got a little lost. We live in a world governed by details and if one is not perfect, your profession also pays the price. It's all too easy to say that Raikkonen has lost motivation, it's the same thing that was said when I had the accident in Hungary in 2009 – continued the Paulista driver – Personally Alonso is the strongest driver on the grid and if you too are not in the best of your condition, it is very difficult to deal with it,” he concluded.

Eleonora Ottonello