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Fernando was so eager to prove he could be WDC in a slow car, he let the team put all the updates on Massa’s car instead of his.

@raymondu999 – Arguably 3. He had better pace than Alonso in Singapore even though he had to make his supersofts last 20 laps (33% than anyone else, and that’s with Vettel and Button reaaaaaaally saving them, whereas Massa had to contend with Senna and catch Grosjean afterwards).

His lap without a tow at Monza was better than Alonso’s lap without a tow, and the latter’s car failure hampered Massa’s second attempt as well. I can’t recall if it’s both drivers that had telemetry issues or just Massa though.

If team orders weren’t a factor, we could have seen Massa finish as high as 2nd, but definitely 3rd. Either Ferrari are testing experimental setup on Massa’s car that have worked each time or we’re genuinely seeing the old 2008 Massa again.

but suffers even more than Button when the car is not right.

Disagree. Had it been Massa through Button’s slump from Bahrain to Britain the internet community would be screaming for the FIA to take his super licence away. I still think that 2008 Felipe, in his prime, was better than Jenson ever was. But that’s being that of course.

On topic, Massa has been on a roll as of late. Hopefully he can keep it up. Should he continue to perform as he currently is, Ferrari resigning him would be perfectly respectable.

@Bosley, it could well be a combination of both, with the new setup working better for Massa, giving him confidence back and thus a return to his former 2008 glory.

Whatever, I am certainly glad that he is no longer playing moving roadblock.