Formula One News » Massa: Italian GP ‘very important’ after Spa Posted on 02/09/2010
Felipe Massa has said the Scuderia’s home race at Monza next weekend will be critical after a ‘less than satisfactory performance’ in Belgium.
Massa managed to finish fourth at Spa-Francorchamps, but it was a tough weekend for Maranello-based outfit and post-race the Brazilian conceded they were a ‘bit lucky’ to get such a ‘positive result’.
“Looking back a couple of days to the Belgian Grand Prix, I started sixth and finished fourth, so at a certain level, I could say that I had a good race,” Massa wrote in his post-race diary on the Ferrari team website.
“However, in terms of the result and in terms of the championship and the points total for Ferrari, it was not enough.
“Given the difficult conditions, with the weather changing several times during the race, this was a positive performance. However it was not what I expected, or what the team had hoped for, given the fact that in Spa, the car was not as competitive as it had been in the two previous races in Hungary and Germany.
“This was probably another example of how, this year, the situation in terms of which teams are competitive, has been governed by the nature of the track.
“On Friday, we had looked very strong, while we were less so on Saturday and Sunday, so maybe our competitors did not show their full potential on the first day. This meant the whole weekend was more difficult than we expected.
“Now we have the team’s home Grand Prix at Monza. That will be a great event, racing in front of our tifosi, but the reality is that it will be a very important race, because after the less that satisfactory performance in Belgium, the championship is not looking so easy for us.
“We need to keep pushing for the last six races, trying to be back in the fight for wins or at least as many podiums as possible. For sure it won’t be easy.”
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