Smedley returns to his experience in Ferrari: "Massa suffered from Alonso's presence"

In an interview released before the last Brazilian Grand Prix, Rob Smedley returned to talk about Felipe Massa's experience in Ferrari, underlining how the Brazilian, from the 2010 season onwards, suffered from the presence of Fernando Alonso within the box. In fact, it is no secret that the Ferraris worked on the Spaniard's directives regarding the development of the car and according to the English technician, Massa suffered psychologically from this situation, unable to push on the track.

Here are the words of Rob Smedley: “Ferrari worked for Fernando from 2010 onwards and this situation compromised Felipe. With Kimi there was much more collaboration and the team also listened to his advice, but with Fernando the situation changed. Massa's problem has never been psychology or many other nonsense that have circulated in recent years, but the lack of collaboration with the team."

Roberto Valenti