The Truth about Massa

There are two ways to look at Felipe Massa's perfomance at today's German Grand Prix.
The first would along these lines...



Let's examine that and watch a few clips from this past week end after the jump.

Massa did not put up much of a fight at all and on the surface his capitulation to the sensational Hamilton-Mclaren package was the most humiliating since Jarno Trulli got passed on the last lap in last year's French GP. Why did he not at least try to get Hamilton to overwork his tires? This will certainly be fodder for those who think that Massa is fast but can only win if he is out front and without having to race anyone. Certainly he did not have to open the door so wide for Hamilton as he did. 

Or you could say that in a race where Ferrari looked rather pedestrian, Massa was smart to think championship and salvaged what he could.  Massa had brake problems and Hamilton was massively faster, seconds a lap. The only way he and Mclaren could lose was if they beat themselves, which they almost did. 

Check out in this clip how relieved Norbet Haug is after the race and how he admits that the team had made a mistake. "Trying to make it hard for me eh?" jokes Lewis. A nice honest moment which will probably be denied later. 

Kimi showed some great moves but it was almost like he was asleep for most of the race. Alonso fought hard and lost big , it was a pretty bad week end for him. Beaten by Trulli, dissed by Vettel, trashed by his team mate, making unforced errors on track, the final straw was the winners press conference when Piquet revealed Alonso had used his setup. Renault finally gets back on the podium and it's not Alonos? ouch, Fernado haters the world over hare laughing today!

Even Kubica had a bad race, great start but in the end he got nothing for his efforts.

Good race for Vettel and Heidfeld but a career making podium for Piquet. I would say his seat is saved...

Oh, I almost forgot, David Coulthard turned in on Barrichello... someone check the statistics, I think we have a record in the makings with DC this year!