Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa is a Brazilian driver who formerly competed in Formula One. Having driven for from to , Massa joined from to . Massa had drove for in before joining Ferrari as a test driver in . Having finished 3rd in the Drivers' World Championship, he finished a single point behind champion Lewis Hamilton in . Massa had been in a championship-winning position as the Brazilian crossed the line at the final race of the season, but was overtaken in the championship when Hamilton overtook Timo Glock at the Jungçao corner on the final lap.
In the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Massa was injured from a torsion spring which became detached from Rubens Barrichello's car during practice, and hit Massa's helmet. As a result of his injuries, Massa missed the remainder of the season.
After his injury from 2009, he never won another race. He was on the way to win the 2010 German Grand Prix, but team orders from Ferrari prevented him from winning.
After his retirement from Formula 1, he moved over to compete in Formula E. He retired from Formula E at the end of the w:c:formulae:2019/20 season. 
In , Massa was appointed by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem to act as President of the FIA Drivers' Commission. This commission was created to give Formula 1 drivers a voice in the decision making process of the FIA.
==Formula One Career==
===2002-2005: Sauber===
====2002====
Massa made his Formula One début for the Sauber team at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He made an impression by qualifying 9th and ahead of his team-mate Nick Heidfeld, but a multi-crash put both him and Nick out of the race. He would score his first point in the next race at Malaysia.
Massa had a big crash in Monaco on lap 63, crashing head-on into the Turn 1 corner Sainte Devote. Massa had a brake failure with his car, which the shunt was a bad one, leaving his car badly damaged. He walked unhurt from the crash.
He had an one-race ban from participating in the United States Grand Prix, being replaced by former Sauber driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Eventually, he would not be selected as a full-time driver for the 2003 season.
====2003: Ferrari test driver====
Massa spent a year with Sauber's engine suppliers, Scuderia Ferrari, gaining experience by testing for the championship-winning team.
====2004====
After Nick Heidfeld left for Jordan and Frentzen announced his retirement from Formula One racing, Massa got the Sauber seat back, partnering with Giancarlo Fisichella. His best result of the season was a 4th place at Belgium, finishing ahead of his team-mate.
====2005====
Massa finished the 2005 season with a best result of 4th in Canada.
At the end of the season, after Sauber was taken over by BMW, he was replaced by his former team-mate Heidfeld. As Rubens Barrichello left Ferrari, he joined the team for the 2006 season.
===2006-2013: Ferrari===
====2006====
Massa won for the first time as a Ferrari driver in Turkey, starting from pole position and leading the most of the race.
====2007====
Massa began to be very competitive in the 2007 season, scoring consistent results plus three pole-to-wins of the season. However, he would finish 4th with 94 points in the drivers' standings, behind both drivers.
====2008====
Massa retired from the first 2 races of the season. In Australia, he retired from an engine failure, and in Malaysia, he spun out into Turn 8. He was a title contender, but lost out at a possible title to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
====2009====
In 2009, Ferrari, as the defending Constructors' Champion, were not successful as last year, as and started to dominate the sport. Massa secured his first podium position at the Nürburgring, but an injury happened at Hungary, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
In Brazil, he was given a honour of waving the chequered flag at the end of the race.
====2010====
Massa's 2010 season started off with a 2nd place and a 3rd place at the first two races of the season. He was on the way to win at Germany, but team orders prevented him, losing out to teammate Fernando Alonso. He secured only five podium positions compared to Alonso's 10.
====2011====
In 2011, Massa failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 2005. His season was notable for the 5 incidents against McLaren's Lewis Hamilton at Monaco, Britain, Singapore, Japan and India.
In Monaco, Hamilton tried to pass Massa coming into the hairpin on lap 32, but the two made contact, leaving Massa hitting the rear end of Red Bull's Mark Webber, taking Massa out of the race and bringing out the safety car due to the debris from the incident.
In the British Grand Prix, Hamilton tried to pass Massa on the final lap of the race down into the Club corner, but Hamilton hit Massa on the left sidepod. Hamilton eventually beat Massa for 4th place.
In Singapore, Hamilton made contact with Massa, hitting his right rear tyre at turn 7. He dropped down to 19th, but would finish 9th and in the points. After the race, he publicly slammed Hamilton after the race, and also went up to Hamilton in the post-race TV interview area as he was about to start an interview with RTL Television, patted his shoulder, and sarcastically said "Good job, bro." Hamilton responded "Don't touch me again."
In Japan, Massa tried to pass Hamilton on the outside coming into the chicane, but both made contact for the fourth time.
In India, Hamilton tried to overtake Massa into Turn 5, but he hit Massa's left rear tyre, sending him out of the race due to a suspension problem on lap 32.
====2012====
Massa's 2012 season was another unsuccessful season, finishing only two times on the podium and being out-classed by his team-mate.
====2013====
Massa's last podium finish for Ferrari would come in Spain; the race was actually won by his teammate Fernando Alonso.
In Monaco, Massa crashed hard twice. In Free Practice, with a suspension failure coming into Sainte Devote, hitting the left barrier and head-on into the tyre barrier, putting him out of qualifying. In the race, he crashed again, similarly to his Free Practice crash, but this time it was a suspension failure and he went T-bone into the barriers. He eventually walked unhurt in both crashes.
===2014-2017: Williams===
====2014====
In September 2013, Massa signed a contract with the Williams team for the 2014 season.
In Canada, Massa hit the left rear of Sergio Pérez's car, coming into the first turn of the final lap of the race. Both were unhurt in the crash.
Massa's first pole position happened at Austria for the first time since 2008, and his first podium came at Italy. He went on to score two more podium finishes at his home race and the final race of the season.
====2015====
At his home race in Interlagos, he originally finished eighth, but his rear right tyre exceeded the temperature limits, and he was disqualified from the race results.
In November 2015, Massa mulled over a retirement after the 2016 season if he could not secure a seat at a competitive team.
====2016====
Massa regularly finished in the points from Australia to Azerbaijan. However, in the following four races, his pace started to fall off, failing to finish in the points. On 1 September, it was announced that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the season. Williams confirmed on 3 November that Lance Stroll would take his place in .
====2017====
Following Valtteri Bottas' move to , Massa went back into the motorsport to rejoin Williams. While he competed in the practice sessions of the , he was forced to drop out of qualifying and the race after becoming ill, whilst reserve driver Paul di Resta took his place.
==Driving Style==
===Peter Windsor===
In 2015, Windsor conducted a driving analysis of the different Formula One drivers' during February pre-season testing.FORMULA 1. (2015, March 13). Analysis of Turns Two and Three in Barcelona. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvqVtbwx5JQ Windsor watched the drivers' as they entered and exited the highly technical corners of turns two and three of the Circuit de Catalunya.
Massa was described to have a very similar driving style to Nico Hülkenberg. Windsor noting they were "very similar in their input". It was noted that Hülkenberg was only "just getting the car as straight as possible" through the corners to which the car would ever so slightly, "squiggle" with instability. 
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts. 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	
 	Sauber Petronas 	 	8 	11th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	
 	Sauber Petronas 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	
 	Sauber Petronas 	 	12 	10th 	Report
 	Sauber Petronas 	 	11 	10th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	80 	align=center	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	122 	1st 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	97 	align=center	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	67 	5th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	121 	6th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Scuderia Ferrari	 	155 	5th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	131 	6th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	109 	8th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	126 	8th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	121 	6th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	72 	10th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	49 	12th 	Report
===Career Statistics===
Massa holds the record of having scored the most championship points without winning a title.
===Race Wins===
Win Number	Grand Prix
1 	2006 Turkish Grand Prix
2 	2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
3 	2007 Bahrain Grand Prix
4 	2007 Spanish Grand Prix
5 	2007 Turkish Grand Prix
6 	2008 Bahrain Grand Prix
7 	2008 Turkish Grand Prix
8 	2008 French Grand Prix
9 	2008 European Grand Prix
10 	2008 Belgian Grand Prix
11 	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
===Career Results===
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==Notes==
Category:Brazilian Drivers
Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:2002 Début Drivers
Category:Sauber Drivers
Category:Ferrari Drivers
Category:Williams Drivers
Category:Retired Drivers
Category:Formula E Drivers
Category:Felipe Massa