Felipe Massa takes blame for his spin in the 2013 German Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has said that he spun in the 2013 German Grand Prix because of his own mistake due to which he was retired and could not score even a single point.
Massa showed some good pace in the qualifying at Nurburgring and managed to secure 7th grid slot for the race. However, he failed to score any points on the race day as he spun on lap four because of losing his rear under brake at turn one.
The Brazilian driver has admitted that he made a mistake and took all the blame for his spin in the preceding race. In addition, he said that even though he tried his best to overcome the issue, he could not make any movement, so he decided to stop the engine
of his car.
“I braked at the end of the straight and I locked the rear wheels. The car went sideways to the right, I corrected it but then it slid to the left and then I spun. I stopped the car and I was fifth gear, I tried to get down to first to go back out and the
gear was not going down. I was stuck in fifth gear and I tried to go but the engine died as I tried to leave in fifth gear. I tried to go a lot on the throttle to leave but it was not possible so I stopped the engine,” he said.
Besides, he said that he had a very competent car in the last race as compared to the British GP, but he failed to make the most out of it. Nonetheless, he asserted that he is not feeling upset and is positively looking forward to perform well in the season
ahead.
Currently, he is standing at 7th place in the drivers’ championship with 57 points. Additionally, he is ahead of Romain Grosjean of Lotus and behind Nico Rosberg of Mercedes. He has performed convincingly well in the season so far as compared to the first
stint of 2012. Let’s see how he shows up in the approaching race.
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