After finishing fourth for Ferrari in Monte-Carlo, Felipe Massa has since picked up only six of a maximum 75 points from Istanbul, Montreal and Valencia, with the latter proving to be his second successive non-scoring race.
After winning in Valencia’s inaugural race of 2008, Paulista Massa was determined to prove a point this season as he missed last year’s event due to his shocking accident in Hungary. However, the Brazilian was one of the main victims of the Lap 9 Safety Car and also had to queue behind team-mate Fernando Alonso in the pit lane.
“Another horrible race on the back of the one in Canada,” he said. “We were lying third and fourth with cars capable of getting a great result and, instead, everyone has seen how it ended.
“On the lap when the accident happened, we were coming into the final corner and there was nothing, then suddenly the Safety Car came out on-track and I saw in the mirrors that the cars behind us were pitting - our chance of fighting for the podium went up in smoke at that moment.
“The difference between us and Hamilton is that he committed an infraction and we did not, but his penalty had no effect on his result. I think that errors were made in the way this situation was managed. From then on, our race was practically one long procession in traffic with no chance of changing anything. A real shame because today we could have done really well.”
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