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Massa: We're in better shape than last year
12 March 2008Felipe Massa is looking forward to the opening race this weekend in Melbourne. The Ferrari driver from Brazil is expecting an exciting Formula 1 season and believes Ferrari can fight for the championship title. According to Massa the team is in better shape now than at the start of the 2007 F1 season.
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Massa believes the team is well prepared for the upcoming season. "Winter testing went pretty well," Massa said. "I was happy with the car right from the very start through to the end as the various new developments came on stream over the winter months. Of course, we need to keep working but the team has done a good job and we put in a very high mileage.
"On the reliability front it is difficult to say exactly what might happen, but on this point we are definitely in better shape than we were at the start of '07. Now, with the racing starting, we will see where we stand and if and in which areas we need to improve. What we are certain of is that we are starting from a good base line."
Having six seasons in Formula 1 behind him Massa admits the start of the season is still something special. He said: "The start of the season is always exciting, even if now with a bit of experience, it is slightly less than when I first started racing as I have a better idea what to expect. It is not just the fact it is the first race that brings this excitement but the fact you finally get to see who was really doing what in winter testing and if your assessment and predictions were correct."
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