Felipe Massa wants to shine in Singapore

After a complicated start to the season, Felipe Massa seems to have straightened his head and is performing better at the wheel of the Ferrari F2012. Even if he remains a tone below his teammate Fernando Alonso, the Brazilian must respond so that his team can fight for the Manufacturers' World Championship against Red Bull Racing, McLaren Mercedes and Lotus F1 Team. In Singapore, he will try to do as well as in his last races.

« I like the Singapore circuit and I think it suits me well, although I've never been very lucky there, explains Massa. I hope to get a good result there and that I could do a little better than in the last two races. Knock on wood so that we can continue this momentum after having achieved good Grand Prix at Spa and Monza. I scored a large number of points, which was very important to stay in the fight for the championship. In Singapore, there are some small similarities with Monaco and Hungary, because you need a lot of downforce on these circuits. We performed better in Monaco than in Budapest, so let's hope our weekend is more like Monaco! »

Despite his good feeling with the Marina Bay Street Circuit, the Paulist knows that the weekend promises to be difficult since tire management will be very important for this 14th meeting of the season. “ Last year the race was really difficult from a tire point of view and even though our car is really different from last year, I'm expecting a tough race this weekend. point of view. We will have the same tires as last year, the soft and the supersoft. It's a track that puts a lot of pressure on the tyres, so I think there should be more stops than in the last races. »