Comments on: F1 links: Massa wants Singapore justice

By: The Limit

The Limit — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:02:43 +0000

In many ways, I don’t think Felipe Massa is too enthused about the idea of having Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari in 2010. I am not suggesting that he fears the Spaniard on the circuit, but he is fearfull of what the pressence of Fernando will do within the team.
We must remember that Massa has gained alot of favour within Ferrari since Schumacher’s retirement, and is reportedly very popular with the mechanics.
This, I believe, is at risk with Fernando’s arrival. If Alonso detects the slightest once of favouritism going against him and towards Massa, things will get very ugly indeed.
Alot of people have questioned Alonso’s decision not to declare his Singapore victory invalid, and this is Massa’s way of questioning Alonso’s integrity.
Since 2007, Felipe’s career has flourished, despite having Kimi Raikkonen as a team mate. It maybe possible to assume that Kimi’s laidback approach to racing may have played into the Brazilian’s hands. This will be different with Alonso onboard.
No more chock ices and Diet Coke’s at Ferrari when the King of Spain arrives.

By: al_amana

al_amana — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:05:42 +0000

See, the problem with that theory, Luke, is that just as Alonso gained an advantage due to the crash, so did others and moreso if you were to only DQ Renault. I would hope to assume that decisions like this are made so as not to be in favour anyone, which wouldn’t be the case if only Renault were DQ’d and Lewis and others who finished were to gain another point/place. In other words if the penalty for “crashgate” was that Renault be DQ’d (as well as the other penalties) then in the interest of fairness (i.e. no one else should gain from the incident) the race result should be anulled.

By: al_amana

al_amana — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:47:03 +0000

Did he say he won in Singapore or rather he believes the race and all points associated should be anulled? Meaning he would/should have won the WDC.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:03:15 +0000

umm

the obvious penalty would be to exclude /disqualify renault from the result. it’s a sanction that can be applied after the event as we saw with mclaren in Australia this year.

Unfortunately for massa this would simply give hamilton another point, while his result would remain a DNF

Why people should be talking about the entire race being annulled is a mystery to me…this has never happened, and it’s not actually possible – the FIA simply don’t have the power to do it – and nor should they.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:52:14 +0000

Rosberg: “I won Singapore ’08.

Massa: “I won the’08 championship.

The dominoes are starting to fall….we will be hearing these kind of statements for quite awhile i’m afraid.The ENTIRE rest of the ’08 season was affected by the scammers and there is nothing that can be said to change that.So,count your millions you made last year and focus on ’09.F1 racers are the whingest bunch i’ve ever seen.

By: Hallard

Hallard — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:41:27 +0000

I think some folks are being overly critical of Massa. There is a crucial part of Massa’s interview (which I found on formula1.com) that was left out of the article above, which to me makes his point come across much more reasonable:

“But I am not and never will be a driver who thinks, ‘I could have been world champion’. Even if they write today in my cv that I am the champion, after a year, I don’t think it would make any difference. There comes a time when there is nothing that can be done.”

He’s obviously not trying to say he’s the ‘real world champion’ now, but he understandably feels cheated.

By: slr

slr — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:26:08 +0000

Massa can’t just blame his short comings soley on Singapore.

By: Bartholomew

Bartholomew — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:24:07 +0000

We´re all happy that Massa is recovering well, but I think he is having too much beer in his free time. Surely that interview was not done in the early morning.

By: Bartholomew

Bartholomew — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:58 +0000

I think Fast Fred in the Spaguetti Special will be very strong contenders from now on, as long as the team gets their act together with pitsop activities.

By: steph90

steph90 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:52:23 +0000

He loves Ferrari though and who would shout at them? Remember Prost? I feel Mclaren should have won constructors as Ferrari had many more issues and driver’s was very close but obviously I backed Massa for that.