Ferrari boss Domenicali vows to protect Massa after difficult start to F1
season
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By Jonathan Noble and Jamie O'Leary Monday, March 26th 2012, 08:22 GMT
Ferrari needs to rally around Felipe Massa in order to lift his performances
in future grands prix, according to team principal Stefano Domenicali.
Massa finished only 15th in Malaysia on Sunday, more than 95 seconds adrift
of his winning team-mate Fernando Alonso.
The result extended his streak without a Formula 1 podium to 23 races.
With Ferrari Academy driver Sergio Perez - who has already been linked with a
race seat with the Italian team in 2013 - finishing second, the speculation
surrounding Massa's future has continued to grow.
But Domenicali refused to condemn his driver, instead insisting that it was
up to the team to help re-establish the Brazilian's confidence behind the
wheel and to improve the F2012 car that he has to drive.
'We need to stay close to Felipe in this moment," he said. "It's a difficult
moment and we need to find a way for him to get confident in his car.
"We saw, for example, one step that was in the right direction in qualifying
because we saw there was an improvement compared to last weekend. Now we need
to understand what happened today in terms of his race pace and in terms of
his performance.
"In my view the problem is that this car is quite difficult, not easy. It can
be very good and it can also be quite difficult. We showed this today that in
certain conditions you have to have a certain driving style and you can be
very, very good, and in other conditions you can destroy the tyres.
"The priority for me and what I need to make sure is that Felipe has around
him the protection of the team that tries to work hard with him.
"And on our side we need to make sure he's confident to drive the car on the
limit, without overdriving it, where the situation could be as bad as not
being able to reach the limit."
Massa's result means that he is yet to score a point this season and leaves
him 19th in the championship - behind both Marussia drivers - based on best
results so far.
我想咖哩的話.....也不用太仔細翻了
大意就是 咖哩情義相挺馬薩.....拒絕換成Perez
然後講一堆自我感覺良好的話......什麼排位已經進步很多了啦blablabla
我看到時候整組一起換掉算了zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZ
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