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Felipe Massa insists he was "as fast, if not faster" than Fernando Alonso in qualifying trim this year. Ultimately, the Brazilian scored less than half the points of his high-profile teammate, and finally lost his Ferrari race seat. Massa will drive for Williams in 2014. "I know they are going through a tough phase," he is quoted by Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper, "but I think that with the changes they're making, they can go back to what they were doing a few years ago. "I […]
Heikki Kovalainen may only have been Lotus' third choice as the 2013 successor for surgery-bound Kimi Raikkonen. The Enstone based team will announce on Thursday that Finn Kovalainen, who has been Caterham's 'Friday' driver this season, will race in Austin and Brazil at the wheel of Raikkonen's number 7. But it emerged this week that Nico Hulkenberg was also approached by Lotus, who found the German locked into the rest of his contract at Sauber. And Michael Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm told Bild newspaper that […]
Well-known paddock personalities doubt feverish speculation Kimi Raikkonen is on the verge of signing to return to Ferrari next year. It is rumoured the Finn is now poised to agree the deal, but triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart said at Monza: "I don't see how the management could be considering having Kimi in the same team as Fernando Alonso. "For one thing, Alonso would not like it," he added. Stewart, however, might not be speaking absolutely objectively, as he is a consultant for Lotus […]
Mark Webber will bow out of Formula 1 after 12 seasons; here's why the sport will miss him.
Honda's return to Formula One in 2015 is being warmly welcomed in the paddock. Amid poor results and the global financial crisis, the Japanese carmaker pulled out as a team at the end of 2008, but will return in 2015 as a works supplier of the new turbo V6 engine to McLaren. "I think it's very good for the team and for McLaren's future," said Jenson Button, "but I think it's also good for the sport. "It means we will have four engines in Formula […]
Looking back at some of the most memorable F1 moments at Silverstone
Valtteri Bottas hasn't scored a point in Formula 1. But he made his mark in Canada.
Kimi Raikkonen says Lotus must focus on improving their qualifying pace at the Monaco Grand Prix. Raikkonen sits in second place in the championship and has finished off of the podium just once this season. However, Raikkonen has qualified on the front row only once in 2013 and has not secured pole position since the 2008 French Grand Prix. "We have to focus on qualifying. It’s a difficult place to race as it’s so narrow and passing is nearly impossible. I was stuck behind Rubens […]
With the European phase of the 2013 season now looming, Rubens Barrichello thinks Red Bull is a step ahead. Indeed, drivers' title leader Sebastian Vettel is the only multiple race winner of the season so far, while Red Bull is also off to an early lead in the constructors' standings. "Ferrari is very consistent," Brazilian veteran Barrichello told Totalrace, "and the car is a lot like the Red Bull in terms of pace and consistency. "But the Red Bull is really the team to beat; […]
Swamps, peculiar pit buildings and some smog. It's on to Round 3 of the championship at the Shanghai International Circuit
Ferrari must improve their qualifying performance, according to technical director Pat Fry. Ferrari has taken just four pole positions since the start of 2009 season - all achieved by Fernando Alonso - with only two of those coming in dry conditions. Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso qualified in second and third place in damp conditions in Malaysia, but were fourth and fifth in the dry in Australia. Massa confident in potential of F138 "We’ve shown reasonable race pace and on all the tyre types we […]
Felipe Massa is enduring the longest victory drought in the history of all Ferrari drivers, according to an analysis by Italy's Autosprint. Dating back to his title-losing win in Brazil 2008, Melbourne last Sunday marked 68 consecutive races in which the Brazilian has entered a grand prix but failed to triumph. Massa therefore takes the unenviable record from Jean Alesi, who failed to win a grand prix for the fabled Maranello marque between his Ferrari debut in 1991 until Montreal 1995 (67 races). 31-year-old Massa, […]