Felipe Massa feels very emotional after securing podium in 2012 Brazilian GP – Formula 1 news
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has said that he is feeling very emotional after securing podium in the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix held at Interlagos.
Massa faced a lot of criticism over his poor form during the start of the season and had been surrounded by many speculations that the Italian team may replace him with any other driver in the next season.
Nevertheless, he delivered some amazing performances in the last few races of the season and successfully secured his race seat in the Scarlet team for the coming year.
The Brazilian driver performed tremendously well in the season finale and secured third podium finish. Moreover, he stayed ahead of Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing and behind his teammate, Fernando Alonso who lost the championship title to Sebastian Vettel
by 3 points.
The 31-year-old expressed that he is feeling immensely happy with the podium finish at his home race and admired the efforts of his team. In addition, he said that he is very grateful to his team which has always supported him in all the tough conditions.
Besides, he said that Alonso has fought well in this season even with an uncompetitive car and they are very proud of him.
“It was very emotional for me to jump up on the podium at my home race,” Massa said. “I cried like a baby, thinking back to how difficult this season has been for me, disastrous at first and then very competitive in the last part. Fernando should be proud
of what he has done this year: he was able to win when the car was not perfect and fought right to the end, even if his car was not a match for those of his rivals. His championship has been truly spectacular! We too must also be proud of what we have done.”
In addition, he said that he could have won the race if he hadn’t allowed the two-time world champion to pass him. Nonetheless, he believes that he has done the right thing for his team and his fans too.
It will be interesting to see how he shows up in the coming year.
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