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[Dolph]

Magnanimous

[03011969]

going bald?

Shares that with Lewis.

... best no.2 ATM (obviously the alltime best will always be Rubens)

DC was a very good no.2 to Mika Häkkinen too of course.

Edited by 3011969, 03 August 2013 - 08:39.

[Radion]

He has sex before every race.

If this is true, I think that's the cause of his lack of speed.
His wife should allow sex only if he performs well. Trust me, this'll bring him back on fire again!

[Boxerevo]

If this is true, I think that's the cause of his lack of speed.
His wife should allow sex only if he performs well. Trust me, this'll bring him back on fire again!

[saudoso]

a good selling point for Santander Brazil and very good friends with Fabio Barbosa (president of Grupo Santander Brazil, formed by Santander and Banco Real.)

oh ... and forgot to mention

puppy eyed, emotional, obnoxiously cuddly, object of pity and sympathy (after 2009 accident) ... and ... best no.2 ATM (obviously the alltime best will always be Rubens)

Fabio Barbosa has been out of Santander for two years now.

[GodHimself]

(...) Pastor Maldonado's girlfriend Gaby is having a baby girl in September.

So, who's the father?


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Felipe Massa is, for whatever reason, the hardest driver to fire.
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[Clatter]

Loyal. Very rarely do you hear him being critical of the team or it's car.

Of course not. He knows no other team is going to be rushing to sign him.

[holiday]

What Felipe Massa is that no other 2013 F1 driver is?

Unworthy of his seat?

Just askin'.

[Crossmax]

I wonder if any of were planned since all 3 drivers are famous for accidents!

[GiancarloF1]

A driver whom I don't know why is still hanging around in a topteam, let alone F1.

C'mon. Massa did practically nothing in the last 3,5 years. Not even a single brilliant race which we can remember. Even that german GP was just a good one, not a great one. His pace was still slower, than his teammate's pace. Also that japanese GP was a result of a silly start with Alonso, Webber etc. out. He was just there in the rest, and collected the paycheck. And he is racing for a topteam without any sensible reason.

Sorry Felipe, I liked you, but it's time to move on.

[Mr.Wayne]

A driver whom I don't know why is still hanging around in a topteam, let alone F1.

C'mon. Massa did practically nothing in the last 3,5 years. Not even a single brilliant race which we can remember. Even that german GP was just a good one, not a great one. His pace was still slower, than his teammate's pace. Also that japanese GP was a result of a silly start with Alonso, Webber etc. out. He was just there in the rest, and collected the paycheck. And he is racing for a topteam without any sensible reason.

Sorry Felipe, I liked you, but it's time to move on.

Yet he was ahead, and was asked to lift so that his faster teammate could pass... ironic.

And Felipe is the only driver on the grid who would behave so sheeply.

[August]

Isn't he the only driver in the same team since 2006?

[Anderis]

Isn't he the only driver in the same team since 2006?

Yes he is. I wanted to say thah he is the only driver in the same team since 2010, but I forgot both Red Bull drivers (especially Webber, the same team since 2007).

[Sin]

Seems so, and that is actually quite surprising.

For some reason I thought Sutil must surely have a kid, but I couldn't find anything to confirm that.

Grosjean became father recently and Maldonado is about to become father (or is he too already?)

Edited by Sin, 04 August 2013 - 10:44.

[Totall73]

He has sex before every race.

Does his wife come from Brazil to see him every race weekend or does he have single sex?

[DanardiF1]

an 11-time Grand Prix winner that also 'won' the World Championship for all but 25 seconds.

a driver who stood on the top step of the podium of his home Grand Prix knowing that despite his ultimate effort his rival was celebrating the championship in the pit garages below?

a driver who survived and then returned to racing after nearly being killed by a spring hitting him in the head in 2009?

a driver who has always done his best for his team and teammate whatever the circumstances?

It's easy to poke fun at him for arguably not being the driver he once was, but you can't take his achievements and superb career away from him. Also, he gets to drive a Ferrari F1 car every other weekend, and you don't...

[Outsider]

an 11-time Grand Prix winner that also 'won' the World Championship for all but 25 seconds.

a driver who stood on the top step of the podium of his home Grand Prix knowing that despite his ultimate effort his rival was celebrating the championship in the pit garages below?

a driver who survived and then returned to racing after nearly being killed by a spring hitting him in the head in 2009?

a driver who has always done his best for his team and teammate whatever the circumstances?

It's easy to poke fun at him for arguably not being the driver he once was, but you can't take his achievements and superb career away from him. Also, he gets to drive a Ferrari F1 car every other weekend, and you don't...

wait a bit - he didn't win that championship even for 25 seconds - for results being confirmed everyone should have crossed the finish line, family Massa's fault they couldn't wait before starting celebrating.
there has been other drivers too who have came back to racing after hard injuries, Ralf Schumacher pops into my mind.
if doing always the best means wrecking his car in 4 consecutive events, then most of the paydrivers are underrated.
however he is the driver who holds record - most races in row for Ferrari without winning a GP.
you cannot take away his career, but before he embarasses himself even more, i think it's time to quit. never understood why Ferrari has kept him so long

[SophieB]

Quiz over, so it's become a bit of a driver thread instead. As ever, if you want to discuss something else specific about Felipe Massa, by all means come up with a new thread about it but this one's getting closed.