Felipe Massa hopes for team improvement in qualifying
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is aware of the fact that his team Ferrari is suffering in the qualifying sessions vitally but believes that his team is trying to get the best out of their car for the qualifying sessions in the final two races of the season.
The current championship leader Fernando Alonso took two pole positions and has qualified in the second row or higher since the past 4 races.
Felipe Massa’s statement was rather more related to the problems he has been facing rather than his team’s problems.
However, Red Bull has been more consistent as compared to Ferrari as they have 14 pole positions out of 17 races in this season and locked out the front row in the past two races.
“Looking at the championships, it is still possible for the team in the constructors' and Fernando has moved into the lead in the drivers', so we are in with a fighting chance,” he said.
It is getting quite absurd from Ferrari’s point of view as they still believe that they can also win the constructors’ title this year. Ferrari is currently in 3rd place more than 50 points behind the leaders Red Bull. It is not impossible but
the odds are definitely against Ferrari since the only way they can win is if McLaren and Red Bull face retirements in the next coming races and that is definitely less likely to happen.
“We still need to work hard to prepare for the final two rounds and clearly, we know we must try and improve our performance on Saturday afternoons. Qualifying is still our weak point, although you have to take into account how strong the Red Bulls are over
one lap”, he added.
However, Ferrari has improved since the past couple of races as Fernando has clearly been the fastest driver on the track out of the top 5 drivers.
“Even during the difficult time, we were able to improve the car, working in the right direction and the result is that the F10 got stronger race by race, even if I missed out on getting a good points score for the team until Korea”, said Felipe.
The Brazilian Grand Prix is set to take place after two weeks and it is Felipe Massa’s home Grand Prix. Felipe is looking forward to it and hopes to deliver the best possible result for his team at the venue.
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