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| Personal Information |
Name: Felipe Massa
Team: Ferrari
Birthday: 25 Apr 1981
Debut: Australian GP 2002
City: Monaco
Status: Girlfriend
Nationality: 
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| Carreer |
1990-1998: Karting
1999: Brazilian Formula Chevrolet
(Champion)
2000: Italian & European Formula Renault
(kampioen)
2001: Euro F3000 (Champion)
2002: Formula 1 (Sauber),
13th with 4 points
2003: Testdriver Ferrari
2004: Formula 1 (Sauber),
12th with 12 points
2005: Formula 1 (Sauber),
13th with 11 points
2006: Formula 1 (Ferrari),
3th with 80 points
2007: Formula 1 (Ferrari),
4th with 94 points
2008: Formula 1 (Ferrari),
2nd with 97 points
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| Statistics |
All stats are calculated at the start of the 2007 season.
Total Seasons: 6
Total Championships Won: 0
Total Races: 106
Total Points: 298
Total Victories: 11
Total Top3 Finishes: 27
Total Points Finishes: 47
Total Fastest Laps: 11
Total Pole Positions: 15
Total Doubles (Pole & Win): 8
Total Triples (Pole, Win & Lap): 3
Total Leading Laps: 243
Total Leading Km.: 1127
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| Biography |
Peter Sauber is well known for his talent spotting abilities and at the end of the 2000 season he brought young Finn Kimi Raikkonen in to test out his F1 car. From there he quickly signed the youngster up to drive for him in the 2001 season and the rest is history. With Raikkonen opting to go to McLaren for the new season and leave behind the man that made him a star, Peter Sauber was forced to look elsewhere for his second driver and once again an up and rising young driver will get his chance.
Felipe Massa, born on the 25th of April 1982 in Sao Paulo Brazil, will be just 19 years old when he takes to the Albert Park circuit next March to make his debut in the pinnacle of Motorsports. Felipe spent many years in the Karting series, staring back in 1990 when he finished fourth in the Sao Paolo Micro-Kart cat. Sixth the following year and third in '93, he continued in the series until 1998 when he made his debut in Formula Chevrolet with a fifth place finish in the Brazilian championship only to clinch the title the following season.
In 2000 he took victory in the Formula Renault Italian Series Championship followed the following year with yet another title to his name in the Formula Renault European Series Championship. 2001 saw yet another highlight in his career when he won the European F3000 championship with one race remaining.
Everybody was saying good things about him, beginning with Peter Sauber, who was convinced by his first fast laps at the end of season Mugello tests and signed the youngster up to the team for the 2002 season.
His debut season saw a plenty of pace from Massa, but this was also punctuated with a wild streak that saw him spend plenty of time in gravel traps. Massa secured a season best placing of fifth in Spain, albeit it behind team-mate Nick Heidfeld as well as two other sixth positions. It was not enough to keep the Brazilian in Formula One, but after spending one season as a test driver for Ferrari in 2003, Felipe returned to Sauber in 2004.
Having rid himself of some of his rougher edges testing with Ferrari, Massa was keen to show he fully deserved to be in F1 full time on his return. Massa scored points on five occasions and classifying himself 12th in the drivers' championship but could not quite match the pace of team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella over the season as a whole. The highlight of Massa's season was not his solid fourth position at Spa Francorchamps, but leading one lap of his home Grand Prix at Interlagos, the final race of the season.
Massa remained with Sauber in 2005 and was joined in the squad by former Champion Jacques Villeneuve. Undaunted by having a former Champion as a team-mate, Massa blitzed Villeneuve in the early part of the season as the Canadian adapted to life with the Swiss team. It was a tough season for all at Sauber however as Massa notched up just 11 points with his best result being a fourth position in Montreal.
The Brazilian got his big break in 2006 however as he moved from Sauber back to Ferrari but this time as a race driver. Lining up with Michael Schumacher, Massa was able to show his raw speed and on occasion even left Schumacher trailing. It was a solid first season with Ferrari for Massa. Playing the dutiful number two role to Schumacher, Massa was able to record his first Grand Prix win from Pole Position in Turkey and would finish the season in third position in the standings' behind Fernando Alonso and Schumacher after a dominant showing at his home Grand Prix in Brazil.
Massa faces another challenge in 2007 as he faces former Sauber protégé Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari. With Schumacher no longer in action, 2007 will be Massa's big chance to rove he can put together a championship winning season.
In 2007 with Raikkonen next to him, Massa gets a total of 10 podiums and 3 wins. However it was by far not enough for the title, where his teammate Kimi Raikkonen takes the championship. He became 4th in the championship with 94 points.
The next year he continues with Ferrari and Raikkonen next to him. Fighting for the title, but the engine troubles for Ferrari costs him 10 points in Hungary. However doing everything right at the end of the season he came close, but lost the title on 1 point to Hamilton. Massa will try it again next year with Ferrari, but if he fails again it could be hard him to stay at Ferrari. |
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