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Felipe Massa has admitted that he “suffered a lot more” as Fernando Alonso’s Formula 1 team-mate at Ferrari than when he was partnered with Michael Schumacher. Massa was promoted to a works Ferrari drive alongside Schumacher in 2006 and notched two wins that term as Schumacher lost out on the title to Renault’s Alonso. The […]
Felipe Massa, an iconic Brazilian Formula 1 driver, faced various challenges and successes throughout his career with Ferrari. He notably supported Kimi Raikkonen’s championship win in 2007 and narrowly missed out on the driver’s title himself in 2008. Despite a life-threatening crash in 2009, Massa made a miraculous recovery and returned to racing in 2010 with Ferrari. His time as a teammate to Fernando Alonso proved to be more challenging, as he had to navigate being in the shadow of a dominant number one driver. Massa eventually left Ferrari and joined Williams, where he continued racing until his retirement in 2017. His legacy in Formula 1 includes his fight for justice in the ‘Crashgate’ scandal of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
