Felipe massa

1. Valentino Rossi: I could have been quick in F1

Sezione: F1

...best lap - at the wheel of a car adorned with his famous number 46 - was just under 1min 24 seconds, but he improved to 1min 22.5 in the afternoon. Ferrari\'s current race drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen have posted laps in the 1min 21s with a similar configuration to the F2008 machine. Rossi, who will run at the Italian circuit again on Friday, said...

Data: 2008-11-21

2. Manager fears for Bourdais\' F1 future

Sezione: F1

Sebastien Bourdais\' manager has admitted he fears for the French driver\'s future on the formula one grid. Nicolas Todt, who also handles Ferrari\'s Felipe Massa, acknowledged that despite a stronger finish to Bourdais\' maiden 2008 campaign, the 29-year-old has not yet penned a contract to remain at Toro Rosso in 2009. \"It is a rather unpleasant period,\"...

Data: 2008-11-20

3. Gold medals for F1 will be introduced

Sezione: F1

...series finale in Brazil, where Lewis Hamilton was able to finish just fifth and still be crowned world champion. If Ecclestone\'s new system had been in place, the McLaren driver and Felipe Massa would have been tied on 5 gold medals apiece, setting up a dash to be first to the chequered flag and the title. It is believed that points will still be awarded to...

Data: 2008-11-18

4. Fernando Alonso rubbishes Glock conspiracy theory

Sezione: F1

...incredible dying moments of the Brazilian grand prix, it was suggested that Toyota\'s Glock ceded fifth place to the McLaren driver so easily that he must have been in cahoots to prevent Felipe Massa from securing the title. \"It is absolutely clear that Glock did not just let him pass, or did anything strange,\" the 27-year-old former double world champion...

Data: 2008-11-17

5. Rubens Barrichello wins Brazilian kart race

Sezione: Sport

...event, had joined forces with Indy racer Tony Kanaan and former grand prix driver Luciano Burti to win the 500 mile event in just under 11 hours. 2008 world championship runner-up Felipe Massa\'s team, including his brother Dudu, finished third despite engine problems, after Nelson Piquet Jr\'s team was disqualified for fielding a kart that weighed less than...

Data: 2008-11-17

6. Fernando Alonso tops British list of best F1 drivers

Sezione: F1

...won the world championship and he produced some incredible drives but he was also erratic and unconvincing at times.\" 72 votes behind McLaren\'s Hamilton, his 2008 title runner-up Felipe Massa came in third. Winners of one race apiece, Robert Kubica (BMW) and Sebastian Vettel, meanwhile, ranked higher than the reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen....

Data: 2008-11-14

7. Kimi Raikkonen admits motivation struggles

Sezione: F1

...winning two of the first four races. But Raikkonen, 29, struggled with subsequent developments of the F2008 car, and ultimately finished behind both Lewis Hamilton and his own teammate Felipe Massa in the final classification. Reports throughout the season queried Kimi\'s motivation, and he now confirms: \"That is the way it is; if you know you are fighting...

Data: 2008-11-14

8. Felipe Massa wins third Capacete de Ouro award

Sezione: F1

Felipe Massa this week won his third successive Capacete de Ouro (Golden Helmet) award in his native Brazil. The prize, handed out annually by the motor racing magazine Revista Racing, goes to Brazil\'s top driver of the year. Ferrari\'s Massa, 27, failed to win the 2008 drivers\' world championship by one point, despite winning this month\'s season finale...

Data: 2008-11-13

9. Ferrari 430 Scuderia 16M: a road car in F1 title tribute

Sezione: F1

...A convertible version of the 430 Scuderia has been launched at the Ferrari World Finals; named '16M' in commemoration of the Italian brand's sixteenth such title. This year would also have seen Ferrari secure its 16th drivers' crown, but Felipe Massa was beaten by 1 point by Lewis Hamilton. The 430 Scuderia 16M is expected to cost about $320,000. SOurce:...

Data: 2008-11-11

10. 5m euro engines to arrive in 2011, not 2010

Sezione: F1

...to cost," he said. At the end-of-season Ferrari World Finals event at Mugello, Montezemolo also revealed that he destroyed his television as Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2008 championship from Ferrari's Felipe Massa earlier this month. "Luckily we had another television so I was able to watch the podium ceremony, which I enjoyed," the Italian said.Source:...

Data: 2008-11-11

11. Marco Mapelli, giovane campione

Sezione: Competizioni auto

...gare del Ferrari Challenge, disputato al Mugello nel corso delle Finali Mondiali Ferrari. E’ stata l’occasione per i tifosi delle Rosse per vedere in azione e salutare Felipe Massa e Kimi Raikkonen, ma è stata anche l’opportunità di vedere un lungo week end di gare che ha coinvolto i monomarca Ferrari di tutto il Mondo. Marco...

Data: 2008-11-10

12. Hug means Alonso hostility over - Lewis Hamilton

Sezione: F1

...respect him for that gesture. "I got back to the garage and he was there. He shook my hand and gave me a hug and then he said congratulations to the rest of the team," Hamilton said. Spaniard Alonso, 27, had previously boasted that McLaren is now his least favourite F1 team, vowing to help Ferrari's Felipe Massa beat Hamilton to the championship.Source: GMM.

Data: 2008-11-10

13. Michael Schumacher forgives Massa for drunken insult

Sezione: F1

Michael Schumacher has dismissed as the result of too much alcohol a controversy that brought into doubt his relationship with Ferrari's Felipe Massa. It emerged this week that, at a season-ending party in Sao Paulo following the Brazilian grand prix, Massa joined in an insulting song about Schumacher with the former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello. But...

Data: 2008-11-10

14. Schumacher controversy arises over Barrichello insult

Sezione: F1

A controversy has erupted in Brazil and Germany, as the health of the relationship between Felipe Massa and his Ferrari mentor Michael Schumacher is called into doubt. According to the Brazilian newspaper Lance, Schumacher's former Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello - after a few too many caipirinhas - leapt onto a stage at the Sao Paulo nightclub 'Disco'...

Data: 2008-11-07

15. Ferrari saved Hamilton from madness - Montezemolo

Sezione: F1

Ferrari's president Luca di Montezemolo on Thursday could not resist a jocular jibe at the outcome of the 2008 world champion. At Interlagos last Sunday, the Italian team's Felipe Massa missed winning the drivers' title by a single point, and for a few corners of the slow-down lap much of the entire racing world thought he actually was champion. Championship...

Data: 2008-11-07

16. Bmw Sauber F1 Team - Saisonrückblick 2008

Sezione: Formel 1

...für Kubica und das Team die Außenseiterchancen auf einen Titel passé. Der Kampf um die Fahrerkrone war jetzt ein Duell zwischen Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) und Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Das Finale in Brasilien war ein an Spannung kaum zu überbietender Krimi, in dem das BMW Sauber F1 Team allerdings kaum mehr als eine Statistenrolle...

Data: 2008-11-06

17. Bmw Sauber F1 Team - 2008 season review

Sezione: F1

...both Kubica and the team’s outside chances of World Championship glory. The drivers’ crown had come down to a straight fight between Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari). The season finale in Brazilian was as tense and exciting as they come, although the BMW Sauber F1 Team now had little more than a minor role in...

Data: 2008-11-06

18. Ecclestone happy with F1's new champion

Sezione: F1

...back. "My message to Ron (Dennis) would be to let Lewis be what he is, the guy we see and like," he said. Ecclestone said on the Interlagos grid last Sunday that both Hamilton and Felipe Massa would make good champions, but the British billionaire now seems excited at the prospect of a "Tiger Woods effect" for his sport. "A lot of people who might not watch...

Data: 2008-11-05

19. F1 needs new points system - Montezemolo

Sezione: F1

...Montezemolo remarked, despite earlier saying in an official statement that Hamilton's drivers' title was "well deserved". It is true that, under the pre-2003 points scoring system, Ferrari's Felipe Massa would have won the 2008 world championship by two points. In 2002 and before, grand prix winners received 10 points compared with 6 points for second....

Data: 2008-11-05

20. Brazil GP: record TV audiences for 2008 finale

Sezione: F1

...to air RTL coverage was 8.8 million, representing a 31.5 per cent market share. For RTL, the peak audience of 9.46 million was recorded after the chequered flag, when an emotional Felipe Massa was presented with his race winner's trophy. In Britain, the average audience was also nearly 9 million, as ITV televised its last race before the rights switch to the...

Data: 2008-11-04